Ridgeway township, Lenawee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Ridgeway township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Ridgeway township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1309
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 105
- South: 108
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 522
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 13
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Ridgeway township with a mortgage: 271 (19 second mortgage, 62 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 113
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (40%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Public administration (23%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (28%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (23%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ridgeway township:
- German (30.5%)
- English (13.6%)
- United States or American (11.0%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Polish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (38%)
- Germany (13%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (13%)
- Hungary (8%)
- Romania (8%)
- Russia (8%)
- Colombia (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 594 (81%)
- Carpooled: 103 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Worked at home: 14 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.8% of residents of Ridgeway township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,611- In family households: 1,479 (375 male householders, 91 female householders)
384 spouses, 579 children (514 natural, 15 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 6 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 132 (53 male householders (42 living alone)), 58 female householders (55 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 196 2-persons, 78 3-persons, 121 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 10 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
363 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (20 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
| Here: | 13.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 21.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |