West Branch township, Ogemaw County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| West Branch township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of West Branch township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2357
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 96
- South: 87
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
88 people in nursing homes
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 956
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 11
- Mobile homes: 182
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in West Branch township with a mortgage: 360 (28 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 181
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Branch township:
- German (34.9%)
- United States or American (18.4%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (9.9%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
- French Canadian (4.3%)
- Polish (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (42%)
- Greece (21%)
- France (13%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Australia (8%)
- Mexico (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 930 (84%)
- Carpooled: 96 (9%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 68 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (4%)
88 people in nursing homes
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.1% of residents of West Branch township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 60% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,509- In family households: 2,226 (643 male householders, 96 female householders)
637 spouses, 742 children (691 natural, 0 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 24 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 283 (118 male householders (95 living alone)), 127 female householders (123 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 101 (91 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 368 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 161 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 218 1-person, 18 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
500 married couples with children.
137 single-parent households (44 men, 93 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 88
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 10.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |