Jefferson township, Hillsdale County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Jefferson township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2518
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 412
- South: 99
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
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
2 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,128
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 417
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,300
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 382 (55 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 177
- Truck transportation (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Health care (18%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Construction (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (27.9%)
- United States or American (16.6%)
- Irish (14.5%)
- English (13.4%)
- Polish (3.3%)
- Italian (2.0%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (77%)
- Ukraine (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,284 (83%)
- Carpooled: 201 (13%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 34 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
2 people in other group homes
98.4% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English well, 60% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,137- In family households: 2,755 (760 male householders, 130 female householders)
751 spouses, 1,024 children (861 natural, 8 adopted, 155 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 12 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 382 (143 male householders (111 living alone)), 159 female householders (131 living alone)), 80 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 388 2-persons, 205 3-persons, 178 4-persons, 77 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 242 1-person, 47 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
550 married couples with children.
191 single-parent households (68 men, 123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 5.7% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 3.8% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
Here: | 21.8% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |