Sherman township, Huron County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
77% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1107
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 8
- South: 14
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 544
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 3
- Mobile homes: 65
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,000
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 93 (6 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 130
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (36%)
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (28%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (26%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (60.2%)
- Polish (17.4%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- United States or American (4.9%)
- English (3.0%)
- European (1.2%)
- Scottish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (40%)
- Ireland (20%)
- Spain (20%)
- Canada (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 336 (65%)
- Carpooled: 74 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 29 (6%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 69 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Other fuel (2%)
98.2% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,164- In family households: 1,058 (300 male householders, 37 female householders)
303 spouses, 398 children (366 natural, 9 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 5 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 106 (54 male householders (46 living alone)), 42 female householders (40 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 179 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 10 2-persons,
285 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (15 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 66
| Here: | 42.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |