Redford township, Wayne County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Redford township: | 4.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Redford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 42147
- Northeast: 1374
- Midwest: 2211
- South: 2764
- West: 894
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Redford township, Michigan:
- 237 people in nursing homes
- 42 people in other group homes
- 36 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 19,207
- One, attached: 207
- Two: 101
- 3 or 4: 140
- 5 to 9: 310
- 10 to 19: 166
- 20 to 49: 52
- 50 or more: 213
- Mobile homes: 209
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Redford township with a mortgage: 12,673 (874 second mortgage, 1,658 home equity loan, 43 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,864
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Redford township:
- German (15.3%)
- Polish (13.4%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- English (7.4%)
- Italian (6.5%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (24%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Italy (7%)
- Poland (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Germany (4%)
- Mexico (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 21,820 (88%)
- Carpooled: 2,082 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 138 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 17 (0%)
- Bicycle: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 275 (1%)
- Other means: 58 (0%)
- Worked at home: 288 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (96%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Redford township, Michigan:
- 237 people in nursing homes
- 42 people in other group homes
- 36 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
94.0% of residents of Redford township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 51,281- In family households: 43,404 (10,225 male householders, 3,440 female householders)
10,440 spouses, 16,300 children (14,726 natural, 427 adopted, 1,147 stepchildren), 901 grandchildren, 419 brothers or sisters, 351 parents, 667 other relatives, 661 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 7,877 (2,992 male householders (2,410 living alone)), 3,546 female householders (3,091 living alone)), 1,339 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 341 (244 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,403 2-persons, 3,311 3-persons, 2,967 4-persons, 1,254 5-persons, 570 6-persons, 160 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5,501 1-person, 881 2-persons, 91 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
9,318 married couples with children.
2,626 single-parent households (682 men, 1,944 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 821
| Here: | 13.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 290
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 469
| Here: | 19.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |