Sherman township, Newaygo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1811
- Northeast: 48
- Midwest: 198
- South: 46
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
116 people in nursing homes
12 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 808
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 170
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,400
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 241 (9 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 140
- Construction (12%)
- Food (11%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (24.3%)
- Dutch (19.2%)
- United States or American (10.9%)
- English (8.9%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (56%)
- Netherlands (11%)
- Italy (11%)
- Korea (11%)
- Canada (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 691 (81%)
- Carpooled: 110 (13%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 36 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (2%)
116 people in nursing homes
12 people in other group homes
94.7% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,024- In family households: 1,822 (467 male householders, 100 female householders)
485 spouses, 673 children (596 natural, 43 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 11 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 202 (89 male householders (77 living alone)), 91 female householders (84 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 130 (118 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 252 2-persons, 128 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 161 1-person, 19 2-persons,
430 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (36 men, 67 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 12.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 37.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |