Whitney township, Arenac County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (91% naturalized citizens)
| Whitney township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Whitney township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 911
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 47
- South: 31
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 754
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 1
- Mobile homes: 115
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,700
Housing units in Whitney township with a mortgage: 144 (3 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 140
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Whitney township:
- German (30.2%)
- English (10.2%)
- United States or American (9.8%)
- Polish (9.6%)
- French (except Basque) (9.2%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- French Canadian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (41%)
- United Kingdom (32%)
- Poland (18%)
- Other Eastern Europe (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 281 (84%)
- Carpooled: 37 (11%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
98.5% of residents of Whitney township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,024- In family households: 887 (300 male householders, 28 female householders)
301 spouses, 226 children (207 natural, 9 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 137 (63 male householders (54 living alone)), 58 female householders (52 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 191 2-persons, 58 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 106 1-person, 14 2-persons, 1 5-persons,
143 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (13 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 8.1% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |