Wawatam township, Emmet County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (87% naturalized citizens)
| Wawatam township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Wawatam township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 606
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 58
- South: 19
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 415
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 27
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 54
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Wawatam township with a mortgage: 133 (8 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 86
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wawatam township:
- German (17.5%)
- French (except Basque) (11.8%)
- English (11.1%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- French Canadian (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (40%)
- Germany (33%)
- Hungary (13%)
- Russia (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 215 (78%)
- Carpooled: 31 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (3%)
- Worked at home: 14 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.6% of residents of Wawatam township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 717- In family households: 571 (175 male householders, 23 female householders)
189 spouses, 157 children (148 natural, 4 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 146 (51 male householders (40 living alone)), 75 female householders (65 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 115 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 18 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 105 1-person, 18 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
101 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (6 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |