Watertown township, Sanilac County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Watertown township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Watertown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1275
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 39
- South: 35
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 455
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 69
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Watertown township with a mortgage: 180 (6 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 129
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Watertown township:
- German (33.8%)
- English (15.4%)
- Polish (9.1%)
- United States or American (8.8%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Scottish (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (65%)
- Korea (13%)
- Canada (13%)
- Other Northern Africa (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 509 (78%)
- Carpooled: 82 (13%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (3%)
- Worked at home: 41 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.6% of residents of Watertown township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (23% speak English very well, 62% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,385- In family households: 1,220 (347 male householders, 33 female householders)
346 spouses, 445 children (417 natural, 10 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 17 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 165 (51 male householders (37 living alone)), 75 female householders (59 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 158 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 77 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 96 1-person, 18 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
332 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (27 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |