Whitewater township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (82% naturalized citizens)
| Whitewater township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Whitewater township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2052
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 183
- South: 73
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $156,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
3 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,093
- One, attached: 42
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 4
- 10 to 19: 2
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,000
Housing units in Whitewater township with a mortgage: 467 (35 second mortgage, 83 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 126
- Construction (18%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Construction (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Whitewater township:
- German (27.5%)
- English (14.6%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- United States or American (9.8%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
- French Canadian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (14%)
- Iraq (12%)
- Panama (12%)
- Canada (12%)
- Germany (10%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8%)
- Philippines (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,075 (84%)
- Carpooled: 103 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 67 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
3 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
95.6% of residents of Whitewater township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,481- In family households: 2,210 (629 male householders, 81 female householders)
626 spouses, 787 children (736 natural, 15 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 10 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 271 (110 male householders (76 living alone)), 95 female householders (65 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 297 2-persons, 150 3-persons, 177 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 141 1-person, 51 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
545 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (42 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |