Wells township, Delta County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (32% naturalized citizens)
| Wells township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
75% of Wells township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4344
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 475
- South: 119
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $73,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
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
People in group quarters in Wells township, Michigan:
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,752
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 147
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,300
Housing units in Wells township with a mortgage: 755 (26 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 479
- Paper (22%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cashiers (3%)
- Waiters and waitresses (3%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wells township:
- French (except Basque) (19.9%)
- German (14.2%)
- French Canadian (10.8%)
- Swedish (10.7%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- English (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (44%)
- Colombia (28%)
- Canada (14%)
- Other Northern Africa (10%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,167 (87%)
- Carpooled: 168 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 75 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
People in group quarters in Wells township, Michigan:
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in religious group quarters
98.0% of residents of Wells township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,050- In family households: 4,645 (1,343 male householders, 159 female householders)
1,315 spouses, 1,706 children (1,517 natural, 62 adopted, 127 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 13 other relatives, 53 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 405 (169 male householders (136 living alone)), 172 female householders (157 living alone)), 64 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 604 2-persons, 378 3-persons, 300 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 60 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 293 1-person, 34 2-persons, 14 4-persons,
1,140 married couples with children.
168 single-parent households (47 men, 121 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 125
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |