Springfield township, Oakland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (39% naturalized citizens)
Springfield township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
52% of Springfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10544
- Northeast: 386
- Midwest: 847
- South: 920
- West: 344
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $146,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
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
People in group quarters in Springfield township, Michigan:
- 55 people in religious group quarters
- 19 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,816
- One, attached: 194
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 50
- 5 to 9: 56
- 10 to 19: 85
- 20 to 49: 33
- Mobile homes: 538
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,900
Housing units in Springfield township with a mortgage: 2,817 (155 second mortgage, 485 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 448
- Transportation equipment (27%)
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Engineers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Springfield township:
- German (19.0%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Polish (9.3%)
- Italian (7.9%)
- United States or American (6.6%)
- French (except Basque) (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (20%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Germany (15%)
- Korea (7%)
- Colombia (7%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
- Philippines (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,155 (89%)
- Carpooled: 513 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 61 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 200 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Springfield township, Michigan:
- 55 people in religious group quarters
- 19 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.5% of residents of Springfield township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,204- In family households: 11,960 (3,131 male householders, 553 female householders)
3,252 spouses, 4,334 children (3,889 natural, 138 adopted, 307 stepchildren), 140 grandchildren, 77 brothers or sisters, 56 parents, 126 other relatives, 291 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,244 (486 male householders (376 living alone)), 443 female householders (336 living alone)), 315 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 91 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,350 2-persons, 873 3-persons, 910 4-persons, 379 5-persons, 95 6-persons, 77 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 712 1-person, 172 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 8 6-persons,
3,133 married couples with children.
485 single-parent households (144 men, 341 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 275
Here: | 14.8% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 75
Here: | 9.6% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 93
Here: | 17.4% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |