Sumpter township, Wayne County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Sumpter township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Sumpter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8923
- Northeast: 274
- Midwest: 702
- South: 1523
- West: 293
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $139,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Sumpter township, Michigan:
- 19 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,749
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 25
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 1,734
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,800
Housing units in Sumpter township with a mortgage: 1,422 (96 second mortgage, 252 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 593
- Construction (19%)
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sumpter township:
- German (19.8%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- Polish (10.0%)
- English (7.0%)
- United States or American (6.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
- Italian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (28%)
- India (22%)
- Hungary (11%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Thailand (8%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- Netherlands (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,634 (86%)
- Carpooled: 621 (11%)
- Walked: 24 (0%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 130 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Sumpter township, Michigan:
- 19 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other group homes
97.0% of residents of Sumpter township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,821- In family households: 10,662 (2,452 male householders, 737 female householders)
2,507 spouses, 4,040 children (3,485 natural, 93 adopted, 462 stepchildren), 235 grandchildren, 95 brothers or sisters, 73 parents, 158 other relatives, 365 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,159 (518 male householders (418 living alone)), 405 female householders (307 living alone)), 236 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 35 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,099 2-persons, 807 3-persons, 716 4-persons, 338 5-persons, 129 6-persons, 100 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 725 1-person, 177 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 6 5-persons,
2,157 married couples with children.
915 single-parent households (264 men, 651 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 188
| Here: | 11.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 48
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 57
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |