Rich township, Lapeer County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (90% naturalized citizens)
| Rich township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Rich township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1303
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 40
- South: 32
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $53,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 451
- One, attached: 6
- 3 or 4: 2
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 54
Median worth of mobile homes: $66,000
Housing units in Rich township with a mortgage: 129 (6 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rich township:
- German (22.1%)
- United States or American (13.9%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
- French Canadian (5.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (25%)
- Italy (15%)
- Germany (10%)
- Other Southern Europe (10%)
- Korea (10%)
- Other Western Africa (10%)
- Mexico (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 455 (78%)
- Carpooled: 89 (15%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
8 people in other group homes
98.1% of residents of Rich township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,413- In family households: 1,273 (359 male householders, 36 female householders)
334 spouses, 471 children (438 natural, 2 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 16 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 140 (47 male householders (35 living alone)), 53 female householders (42 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 167 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 90 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 77 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
322 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (22 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |