Washington township, Sanilac County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (87% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1480
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 35
- South: 63
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 543
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 114
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 178 (13 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 110
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (27.7%)
- English (12.7%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Polish (6.8%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (34%)
- Germany (15%)
- Other Northern Europe (9%)
- Hungary (9%)
- Cambodia (9%)
- Italy (6%)
- Ireland (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 521 (77%)
- Carpooled: 102 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 38 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Utility gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.3% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,651- In family households: 1,486 (395 male householders, 89 female householders)
395 spouses, 514 children (445 natural, 12 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 18 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 165 (79 male householders (62 living alone)), 60 female householders (55 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 205 2-persons, 106 3-persons, 96 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 117 1-person, 18 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
333 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (39 men, 50 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 26.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |