Rock River township, Alger County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Rock River township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Rock River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1030
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 96
- South: 12
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
7 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 533
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 89
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Rock River township with a mortgage: 78 (5 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89
- Public administration (18%)
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Rail transportation (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Carpenters (11%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rock River township:
- Finnish (42.2%)
- German (8.1%)
- French (except Basque) (6.5%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- English (4.5%)
- French Canadian (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (44%)
- Canada (31%)
- Other Northern Europe (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 387 (74%)
- Carpooled: 86 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 23 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Wood (24%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Electricity (2%)
7 people in other group homes
89.2% of residents of Rock River township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
10.0% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,212- In family households: 1,047 (330 male householders, 40 female householders)
305 spouses, 319 children (282 natural, 11 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 8 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 165 (77 male householders (66 living alone)), 73 female householders (67 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 192 2-persons, 87 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 133 1-person, 17 2-persons,
199 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (30 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |