Skandia township, Marquette County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Skandia township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
77% of Skandia 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, 44% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 729
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 89
- South: 29
- West: 27
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
3 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 374
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 66
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,700
Housing units in Skandia township with a mortgage: 75 (8 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 38
- Public administration (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Skandia township:
- German (18.9%)
- Finnish (16.5%)
- Swedish (12.3%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- French (except Basque) (7.1%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- English (5.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 354 (80%)
- Carpooled: 61 (14%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 11 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Wood (22%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
3 people in other group homes
96.4% of residents of Skandia township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 919- In family households: 800 (226 male householders, 25 female householders)
227 spouses, 286 children (255 natural, 6 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 5 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 119 (46 male householders (40 living alone)), 48 female householders (40 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 80 1-person, 7 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
169 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (17 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |