Sturgis township, St. Joseph County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (36% naturalized citizens)
Sturgis township: | 4.1% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Sturgis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 16% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1624
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 465
- South: 113
- West: 96
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Sturgis township, Michigan:
- 30 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 554
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 9
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 14
- Mobile homes: 293
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,200
Housing units in Sturgis township with a mortgage: 303 (26 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 165
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Paper (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sturgis township:
- German (35.4%)
- United States or American (14.1%)
- English (8.1%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- Italian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (65%)
- South Africa (20%)
- Laos (8%)
- Germany (4%)
- Canada (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 902 (84%)
- Carpooled: 132 (12%)
- Walked: 19 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 7 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Sturgis township, Michigan:
- 30 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.7% of residents of Sturgis township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,407- In family households: 2,166 (583 male householders, 117 female householders)
564 spouses, 764 children (696 natural, 0 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 27 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 241 (71 male householders (46 living alone)), 116 female householders (99 living alone)), 54 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 284 2-persons, 193 3-persons, 125 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 145 1-person, 33 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
505 married couples with children.
152 single-parent households (65 men, 87 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 71
Here: | 22.2% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
Here: | 9.0% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |