Shiawassee township, Shiawassee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (76% naturalized citizens)
| Shiawassee township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Shiawassee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2601
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 111
- South: 120
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 979
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,400
Housing units in Shiawassee township with a mortgage: 431 (24 second mortgage, 74 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 203
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shiawassee township:
- German (20.2%)
- English (19.7%)
- United States or American (10.2%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Bolivia (48%)
- Germany (24%)
- Other Western Europe (19%)
- Canada (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,119 (84%)
- Carpooled: 137 (10%)
- Ferryboat: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 44 (3%)
- Worked at home: 26 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
98.5% of residents of Shiawassee township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,911- In family households: 2,686 (688 male householders, 129 female householders)
689 spouses, 1,017 children (902 natural, 24 adopted, 91 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 22 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 225 (134 male householders (109 living alone)), 58 female householders (48 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 309 2-persons, 182 3-persons, 174 4-persons, 93 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 157 1-person, 33 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
611 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (42 men, 93 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 21.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |