Sherman township, St. Joseph County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2079
- Northeast: 53
- Midwest: 601
- South: 164
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Sherman township, Michigan:
- 33 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 27 people in other group homes
- 18 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,206
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 121
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,300
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 433 (34 second mortgage, 94 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 261
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (37.9%)
- English (12.0%)
- United States or American (11.2%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Swiss (2.9%)
- Italian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (23%)
- Germany (12%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Australia (9%)
- Peru (8%)
- Korea (7%)
- Thailand (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,321 (82%)
- Carpooled: 139 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Railroad: 12 (1%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 80 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Wood (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in Sherman township, Michigan:
- 33 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 27 people in other group homes
- 18 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.3% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 32% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,030- In family households: 2,700 (769 male householders, 86 female householders)
725 spouses, 998 children (888 natural, 45 adopted, 65 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 330 (129 male householders (85 living alone)), 140 female householders (135 living alone)), 61 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 68 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 374 2-persons, 156 3-persons, 174 4-persons, 95 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 220 1-person, 44 2-persons, 5 5-persons,
631 married couples with children.
112 single-parent households (36 men, 76 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 84
| Here: | 23.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 12.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |