Sanborn township, Alpena County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (84% naturalized citizens)
Sanborn township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Sanborn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1866
- Northeast: 105
- Midwest: 126
- South: 43
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
12 people in homes for the physically handicapped
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 826
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 28
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 15
- Mobile homes: 94
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Sanborn township with a mortgage: 230 (20 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 214
- Construction (14%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (17%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Cashiers (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sanborn township:
- German (27.5%)
- Polish (20.9%)
- French (except Basque) (12.5%)
- English (6.2%)
- French Canadian (6.0%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Irish (5.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (45%)
- Canada (23%)
- Syria (13%)
- Poland (10%)
- Other Eastern Europe (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 824 (83%)
- Carpooled: 98 (10%)
- Bicycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (3%)
12 people in homes for the physically handicapped
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.2% of residents of Sanborn township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,175- In family households: 1,894 (489 male householders, 125 female householders)
511 spouses, 687 children (605 natural, 11 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 23 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 281 (119 male householders (91 living alone)), 137 female householders (137 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 26 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 259 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 147 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 228 1-person, 28 2-persons,
401 married couples with children.
108 single-parent households (25 men, 83 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
Here: | 11.9% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 2.1% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |