Roscommon township, Roscommon County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Roscommon township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Roscommon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3622
- Northeast: 113
- Midwest: 187
- South: 183
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Roscommon township, Michigan:
- 58 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,163
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 35
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 410
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Roscommon township with a mortgage: 611 (13 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 372
- Construction (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Roscommon township:
- German (22.5%)
- English (12.2%)
- United States or American (11.2%)
- Polish (10.0%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- French (except Basque) (8.0%)
- Italian (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (30%)
- Canada (30%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Vietnam (16%)
- Ireland (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,149 (76%)
- Carpooled: 247 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 23 (2%)
- Walked: 23 (2%)
- Other means: 25 (2%)
- Worked at home: 43 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Roscommon township, Michigan:
- 58 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.8% of residents of Roscommon township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,131- In family households: 3,454 (943 male householders, 195 female householders)
940 spouses, 1,086 children (952 natural, 38 adopted, 96 stepchildren), 95 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 54 other relatives, 109 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 677 (244 male householders (200 living alone)), 313 female householders (254 living alone)), 120 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 133 (108 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 605 2-persons, 187 3-persons, 201 4-persons, 92 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 454 1-person, 82 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
644 married couples with children.
254 single-parent households (92 men, 162 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
| Here: | 34.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |