Salem township, Washtenaw County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Salem township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
49% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4315
- Northeast: 198
- Midwest: 330
- South: 345
- West: 164
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,527
- One, attached: 31
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 443
Median worth of mobile homes: $67,700
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 935 (58 second mortgage, 142 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 231
- Construction (21%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (17.5%)
- Polish (15.1%)
- English (11.2%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- United States or American (9.1%)
- French (except Basque) (5.3%)
- Italian (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (18%)
- Korea (14%)
- Hungary (12%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Italy (7%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Yugoslavia (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,426 (86%)
- Carpooled: 143 (5%)
- Motorcycle: 24 (1%)
- Walked: 104 (4%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 123 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (4%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.9% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 34% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,552- In family households: 5,181 (1,417 male householders, 233 female householders)
1,410 spouses, 1,776 children (1,590 natural, 66 adopted, 120 stepchildren), 84 grandchildren, 67 brothers or sisters, 44 parents, 47 other relatives, 103 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 371 (168 male householders (134 living alone)), 131 female householders (109 living alone)), 72 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 645 2-persons, 370 3-persons, 393 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 64 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 243 1-person, 48 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
1,241 married couples with children.
183 single-parent households (54 men, 129 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 137
| Here: | 17.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 46
| Here: | 31.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |