Stanton township, Houghton County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Stanton township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
77% of Stanton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1037
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 115
- South: 33
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 568
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 97
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,200
Housing units in Stanton township with a mortgage: 85 (11 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 88
- Educational services (19%)
- Construction (11%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (28%)
- Health care (16%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (3%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Stanton township:
- Finnish (59.5%)
- German (5.6%)
- English (4.5%)
- United States or American (3.4%)
- Irish (2.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
- Italian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (21%)
- Other Eastern Europe (21%)
- Polynesia (21%)
- Mexico (14%)
- Canada (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 387 (81%)
- Carpooled: 66 (14%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 21 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Wood (27%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
90.7% of residents of Stanton township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
6.1% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,271- In family households: 1,126 (283 male householders, 53 female householders)
278 spouses, 474 children (449 natural, 7 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 145 (90 male householders (86 living alone)), 38 female householders (24 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 154 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 16 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
317 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (16 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 17.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |