Sims township, Arenac County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (47% naturalized citizens)
Sims township: | 1.7% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Sims township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 971
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 49
- South: 23
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 982
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 118
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Sims township with a mortgage: 180 (9 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 194
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (25%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sims township:
- German (26.8%)
- English (11.8%)
- United States or American (11.4%)
- Polish (9.6%)
- French (except Basque) (9.1%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- French Canadian (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (53%)
- Lebanon (16%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Korea (11%)
- Philippines (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 308 (86%)
- Carpooled: 29 (8%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 21 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
96.5% of residents of Sims township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,097- In family households: 919 (286 male householders, 63 female householders)
315 spouses, 219 children (190 natural, 7 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 178 (81 male householders (67 living alone)), 71 female householders (63 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 231 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 130 1-person, 16 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
124 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (11 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 2.1% |
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: 11
Here: | 37.9% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |