Bates township, Iron County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (86% naturalized citizens)
Bates township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Bates township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 736
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 231
- South: 16
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 753
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 53
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Bates township with a mortgage: 114 (8 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 132
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Food and beverage stores (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bates township:
- Swedish (15.5%)
- Polish (12.2%)
- Italian (11.8%)
- German (11.1%)
- English (8.9%)
- Finnish (8.2%)
- Irish (7.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Canada (29%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Sweden (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 347 (83%)
- Carpooled: 53 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 8 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Wood (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (4%)
97.4% of residents of Bates township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,022- In family households: 882 (278 male householders, 30 female householders)
263 spouses, 266 children (240 natural, 12 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 2 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 140 (56 male householders (48 living alone)), 70 female householders (63 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 176 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 111 1-person, 15 2-persons,
168 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (24 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 3
Here: | 13.0% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |