Rush township, Shiawassee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Rush township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
77% of Rush township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1220
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 74
- South: 36
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 518
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Rush township with a mortgage: 231 (14 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 105
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Therapists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rush township:
- German (24.7%)
- English (14.7%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- Czech (4.6%)
- Polish (4.4%)
- Czechoslovakian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Mexico (38%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 600 (84%)
- Carpooled: 50 (7%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 55 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (5%)
96.7% of residents of Rush township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,396- In family households: 1,292 (340 male householders, 62 female householders)
344 spouses, 450 children (430 natural, 8 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 23 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 104 (48 male householders (33 living alone)), 41 female householders (41 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 186 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 74 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
293 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (14 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 19.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |