Springport township, Jackson County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Springport township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Springport township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1817
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 90
- South: 136
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 652
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 3
- Mobile homes: 94
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,100
Housing units in Springport township with a mortgage: 223 (9 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 163
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Springport township:
- German (23.7%)
- United States or American (13.8%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- Italian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Costa Rica (50%)
- Germany (25%)
- Thailand (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 848 (84%)
- Carpooled: 115 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 23 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 19 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Other fuel (2%)
96.2% of residents of Springport township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,159- In family households: 1,900 (465 male householders, 117 female householders)
479 spouses, 722 children (611 natural, 30 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 259 (112 male householders (79 living alone)), 81 female householders (60 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 233 2-persons, 120 3-persons, 135 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 46 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 139 1-person, 43 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
393 married couples with children.
160 single-parent households (76 men, 84 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 2.9% |
| 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: 1
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |