Torch Lake township, Houghton County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (85% naturalized citizens)
Torch Lake township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Torch Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1605
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 140
- South: 34
- West: 61
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
People in group quarters in Torch Lake township, Michigan:
- 64 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in other group homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,323
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 10
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 130
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,300
Housing units in Torch Lake township with a mortgage: 255 (15 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 246
- Construction (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (29%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Torch Lake township:
- Finnish (28.3%)
- French (except Basque) (17.0%)
- German (12.6%)
- Italian (7.7%)
- English (6.9%)
- French Canadian (6.9%)
- Irish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Austria (33%)
- Germany (19%)
- Other Northern Europe (11%)
- India (11%)
- Russia (7%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 628 (79%)
- Carpooled: 87 (11%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (3%)
- Worked at home: 54 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
People in group quarters in Torch Lake township, Michigan:
- 64 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in other group homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.2% of residents of Torch Lake township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
1.6% 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).
2.4% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,808- In family households: 1,553 (440 male householders, 82 female householders)
422 spouses, 533 children (484 natural, 14 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 4 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 255 (109 male householders (94 living alone)), 108 female householders (95 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 88 (69 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 250 2-persons, 114 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 189 1-person, 22 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
321 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (28 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 3.2% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 6.1% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 12.2% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |