Sands township, Marquette County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Sands township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Sands 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, 52% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1610
- Northeast: 88
- Midwest: 285
- South: 77
- West: 47
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 658
- One, attached: 17
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 56
- Mobile homes: 277
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,900
Housing units in Sands township with a mortgage: 382 (15 second mortgage, 80 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 87
- Construction (18%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Plant and system operators (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sands township:
- Finnish (19.4%)
- German (16.0%)
- French (except Basque) (9.7%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- English (8.7%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- French Canadian (5.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (44%)
- Korea (40%)
- Canada (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 970 (86%)
- Carpooled: 120 (11%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
96.2% of residents of Sands township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,138- In family households: 1,942 (545 male householders, 99 female householders)
542 spouses, 658 children (598 natural, 14 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 17 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 196 (90 male householders (66 living alone)), 55 female householders (45 living alone)), 51 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 268 2-persons, 189 3-persons, 125 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 111 1-person, 27 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
472 married couples with children.
86 single-parent households (27 men, 59 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |