Swan Creek township, Saginaw County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Swan Creek township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Swan Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2302
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 47
- South: 64
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
7 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 950
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $82,700
Housing units in Swan Creek township with a mortgage: 456 (16 second mortgage, 73 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 238
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Construction (12%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Swan Creek township:
- German (39.1%)
- Polish (10.5%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- French (except Basque) (6.7%)
- English (4.9%)
- French Canadian (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Poland (28%)
- Korea (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 992 (86%)
- Carpooled: 102 (9%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (2%)
7 people in homes for the physically handicapped
98.3% of residents of Swan Creek township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,498- In family households: 2,263 (695 male householders, 70 female householders)
664 spouses, 771 children (697 natural, 13 adopted, 61 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 10 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 235 (99 male householders (89 living alone)), 108 female householders (100 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 349 2-persons, 182 3-persons, 136 4-persons, 75 5-persons, 23 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 189 1-person, 11 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
515 married couples with children.
63 single-parent households (24 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |