Rudyard township, Chippewa County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Rudyard township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Rudyard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% 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: 1060
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 68
- South: 59
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 547
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 85
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,300
Housing units in Rudyard township with a mortgage: 108 (3 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 86
- Public administration (20%)
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (27%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rudyard township:
- German (17.4%)
- Finnish (15.5%)
- English (8.3%)
- Dutch (8.1%)
- French (except Basque) (6.6%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (58%)
- Japan (15%)
- Germany (12%)
- Other Northern Europe (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 476 (77%)
- Carpooled: 101 (16%)
- Walked: 20 (3%)
- Worked at home: 19 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood (10%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.2% of residents of Rudyard township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,318- In family households: 1,184 (305 male householders, 61 female householders)
304 spouses, 461 children (393 natural, 10 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 11 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 134 (62 male householders (51 living alone)), 58 female householders (58 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 154 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 109 1-person, 10 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
307 married couples with children.
82 single-parent households (39 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |