Weldon township, Benzie County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 25 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Weldon township: | 25.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Weldon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2764
- Northeast: 140
- Midwest: 14
- South: 106
- West: 67
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 845
- One, attached: 215
- Two: 124
- 3 or 4: 127
- 5 to 9: 145
- 10 to 19: 57
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 22
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,800
Housing units in Weldon township with a mortgage: 336 (45 second mortgage, 65 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 469
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Health care (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Weldon township:
- Polish (34.4%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- German (7.4%)
- Italian (7.1%)
- Slovak (6.5%)
- Russian (6.0%)
- English (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (14%)
- Germany (11%)
- Russia (10%)
- Ukraine (10%)
- India (9%)
- Vietnam (8%)
- Syria (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,141 (80%)
- Carpooled: 209 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 18 (1%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
90.6% of residents of Weldon township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 41% speak English not well).
5.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,139- In family households: 2,452 (610 male householders, 237 female householders)
619 spouses, 844 children (818 natural, 19 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 53 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 23 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 687 (264 male householders (224 living alone)), 348 female householders (316 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 96 (62 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 400 2-persons, 230 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 540 1-person, 68 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
60 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (10 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 95
| Here: | 29.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
| Here: | 23.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |