Union township, Branch County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5855
- Northeast: 382
- Midwest: 92
- South: 141
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
10 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,965
- One, attached: 136
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 49
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 16
- Mobile homes: 409
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,100
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 1,143 (88 second mortgage, 281 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 588
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (35.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (12.9%)
- United States or American (10.4%)
- Italian (7.2%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- Slovak (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (23%)
- Other Northern Europe (21%)
- Spain (17%)
- Germany (15%)
- Colombia (13%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,039 (84%)
- Carpooled: 446 (12%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (0%)
- Worked at home: 74 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (59%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
10 people in other group homes
93.2% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
5.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,588- In family households: 5,911 (1,609 male householders, 357 female householders)
1,602 spouses, 1,871 children (1,734 natural, 25 adopted, 112 stepchildren), 83 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 87 parents, 77 other relatives, 175 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 677 (314 male householders (247 living alone)), 248 female householders (204 living alone)), 115 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 832 2-persons, 517 3-persons, 424 4-persons, 141 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 451 1-person, 111 2-persons,
602 married couples with children.
207 single-parent households (58 men, 149 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 66
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |