Port Hope, Michigan

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Huron County

Population in July 2008: 273. Population change since 2000: -11.9%

Males: 133	(49.0%)
Females: 140	(51.0%)

Median resident age:	48.0 years
Michigan median age:	35.5 years

Zip codes: 48468.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $35,056 (it was $31,071 in 2000)

Port Hope:	$35,056
Michigan:	$47,950

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $19,294

Port Hope:	$19,294
Michigan:	$24,816

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $93,862 (it was $65,000 in 2000)

Port Hope:	$93,862
Michigan:	$153,100

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $120,889; Detached houses: $122,016; Mobile homes: $55,833

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Races in Port Hope:

White Non-Hispanic (98.4%)
American Indian (1.3%)

2008 cost of living index in Port Hope: 78.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (35.5%), English (16.5%), Irish (12.3%), Polish (11.0%), Scottish (11.0%), French (1.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 610 feet

Land area: 1.00 square miles.

Population density: 272 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Port Hope

High school or higher: 76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
Unemployed: 5.0%
Mean travel time to work: 19.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Port Hope village

Never married: 19.0%
Now married: 62.5%
Separated: 0.8%
Widowed: 7.7%
Divorced: 10.1%

0 residents are foreign born

This village:	0.0%
Michigan:	5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this village in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Port Hope:	1.3% ($814)
Michigan:	1.3% ($1,461)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Saginaw, MI (71.6 miles , pop. 61,799).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Detroit, MI (109.2 miles , pop. 951,270).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (290.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Harbor Beach, MI (2.7 miles ), Kinde, MI (3.8 miles ), Port Austin, MI (4.0 miles ), Bad Axe, MI (4.1 miles ), Minden City, MI (4.3 miles ), Ubly, MI (4.4 miles ), Forestville, MI (4.5 miles) , Elkton, MI (5.0 miles ).

Latitude: 43.94 N, Longitude: 82.71 W

Area code: 989

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Population change in the 1990s: -2 (-0.6%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Machinery (20%)
Transportation equipment (18%)
Educational services (9%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Plastics and rubber products (7%)
Health care (7%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Accommodation and food services (16%)
Transportation equipment (14%)
Health care (9%)
Personal and laundry services (9%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (7%)
Educational services (7%)
Plastics and rubber products (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Bus drivers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Waiters and waitresses (9%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Cashiers (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Assemblers and fabricators (7%)

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Average climate in Port Hope, Michigan

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Port Hope, Michigan average temperatures

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Port Hope-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Michigan state average. It is 43% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/12/1984, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 20.7 miles away from the Port Hope village center injured 2 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 6/8/1953, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 64.0 miles away from the village center killed 116 people and injured 844 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

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Hospitals/medical centers near Port Hope:

HARBOR BEACH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; HARBOR BEACH, MI)
HURON MEDICAL CENTER (about 18 miles; BAD AXE, MI)
SCHEURER HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; PIGEON, MI)

Political contributions by individuals in Port Hope, MI

Airports located in Port Hope:

Ludington Airport (Runways: 1)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Port Hope:

SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; UNIVERSITY CENTER, MI; Full-time enrollment: 6,216)
DELTA COLLEGE (about 70 miles; UNIVERSITY CENTER, MI; FT enrollment: 5,117)
ST CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 78 miles; PORT HURON, MI; FT enrollment: 2,287)
KETTERING UNIVERSITY (about 81 miles; FLINT, MI; FT enrollment: 2,900)
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT (about 81 miles; FLINT, MI; FT enrollment: 4,544)
MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 81 miles; FLINT, MI; FT enrollment: 4,616)
NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; MIDLAND, MI; FT enrollment: 2,784)

Public high school in Port Hope:

Port Hope Community School (Students: 85; Location: 7840 PORTLAND AVENUE; Grades: KG - 12)

Private elementary/middle school in Port Hope:

ST JOHNS LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 56; Location: PO BOX 206 7885 STATE ST; Grades: PK - 8)

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Creek: Diamond Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Park in Port Hope: Stafford County Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Port Hope and their reported violations in the past:

GRINDSTONE-PORT HOPE SPORTSMAN (Population served: 35, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

INN BETWEEN SALOON (Population served: 25, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

7 routine major monitoring violations

Average household size:

This village:	2.3 people
Michigan:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This village:	72.0%
Whole state:	68.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This village:	7.6%
Whole state:	5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
Gay men: 0.8% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This village:	4.6%
Whole state:	10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This village:	1.4%
Whole state:	4.8%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Port Hope, MI

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Port Hope compared to Michigan state average:

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Banks with branches in Port Hope (2009 data):

Signature Bank: Port Hope Branch at 4474 Main Street, branch established on 1970-12-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $269.5 mil, Deposits: $224.1 mil, headquarters in Bad Axe, MI, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 10 total offices, Holding Company: First Of Huron Corp.

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Port Hope mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Huron County Michigan:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (94%) Electricity (6%)

Religion statistics for Port Hope

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Lutheran Church	United Methodist Church	Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Adherents	53.8%	18.5%	9.8%	3.3%	2.3%
Congregations	21.1%	11.8%	22.4%	3.9%	1.3%

Name	Conservative Mennonite Conference	Community Church of Christ	General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Other religions
Adherents	1.7%	1.6%	1.5%	1.4%	6.1%
Congregations	2.6%	3.9%	2.6%	6.6%	23.7%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	0	$0		2	$409
Police Protection - Officers	0	$0		1	$800
Firefighters	0	$0		1	$100
Sewerage	0	$0		3	$500
Totals for Government	0	$0		7	$1,809

Port Hope government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $46,000
Sewerage: $37,000

Solid Waste Management: $22,000
Construction - Parking Facilities: $13,000
Current Operations - Fire Protection: $77,000
Sewerage: $70,000

Regular Highways: $42,000

General - Other: $24,000

Solid Waste Management: $21,000

General Public Buildings: $9,000

Central Staff Services: $5,000

Police Protection: $3,000

Financial Administration: $2,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,000
General - Interest on Debt: $39,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $624,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $615,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $9,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $37,000
Special Assessments: $24,000

General Revenue, NEC: $15,000

Rents: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,337,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $34,000
Highways: $30,000
Tax - Property: $75,000
NEC: $3,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $22,000

3.39% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,079 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.39%
Michigan average:	5.24%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Tuscola County, MI	0.55% ($26,846 average AGI)
from Macomb County, MI	0.37% ($54,208)
from Sanilac County, MI	0.30% ($30,595)

4.65% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,472 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.65%
Michigan average:	5.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Tuscola County, MI	0.52% ($35,013 average AGI)
to Bay County, MI	0.35% ($29,480)
to Macomb County, MI	0.30% ($44,558)

Strongest AM radio stations in Port Hope:

WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
WWJ (950 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WXYT (1270 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP. OF DETROIT)
WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WDFN (1130 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WCHB (1200 AM; 50 kW; TAYLOR, MI; Owner: RADIO ONE OF DETROIT, LLC)
WLEW (1340 AM; 1 kW; BAD AXE, MI; Owner: THUMB BROADCASTING, INC.)
WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
WLDR (1210 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KINGSLEY, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WKNR (850 AM; 50 kW; CLEVELAND, OH; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSGW (790 AM; 5 kW; SAGINAW, MI; Owner: NM LICENSING LLC)
WTAM (1100 AM; 50 kW; CLEVELAND, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Port Hope:

WLEW-FM (102.1 FM; BAD AXE, MI; Owner: THUMB BROADCASTING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Port Hope:

WDCP-TV (Channel 35; BAD AXE, MI; Owner: DELTA COLLEGE)

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1

Lottie L Thompson, 5935 Lawitzke Rd. (Port Hope - #050703), Type: Tower, Structure height: 101.2 m, Overall height: 103.9 m
Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 1101 Perimeter Drive, Schaumburg, IL 60173, Phone: (847) 240-1508

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2

Lat: 43.938694 Lon: -82.835917, Call Sign: WQAY826
Assigned Frequencies : 160.177 MHz
Grant Date: 08/30/2004, Expiration Date: 08/30/2014, Certifier: Keith I Shepherd Jr
Registrant: Thumb Radio, Inc., 1020 North Van Dyke, Bad Axe, MI 48413, Phone: (989) 269-6420, Fax: (989) 269-7261
Fire Hall, 4260 Main, Type: Tower, Structure height: 20.7 m, Overall height: 26.8 m, Call Sign: WQDI461
Assigned Frequencies : 152.007 MHz
Grant Date: 09/02/2005, Expiration Date: 09/02/2015, Certifier: Gary Shave
Registrant: Thumb Radio Inc, 1020 N. Van Dyke, Bad Axe, MI 48413, Phone: (989) 269-6420, Fax: (989) 269-7261, Email:

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1

PORT HOPE, Lat: 43.954167 Lon: -82.779306, Call Sign: WPVK216, Licensee ID: L00496107
Assigned Frequencies : 956.268 MHz
Grant Date: 07/01/2002, Expiration Date: 07/01/2012, Certifier: Richard L Crisman
Registrant: Huron Township Water System

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3

Call Sign: WA8MMH, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01134840
Grant Date: 03/30/2006, Expiration Date: 06/14/2016, Certifier: Edward S Pudlo
Registrant: Edward S Pudlo, 3956 Ruppel Rd, Port Hope, MI 48468
Call Sign: WB7DMX, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01007323
Grant Date: 01/03/2007, Expiration Date: 03/25/2017, Certifier: Bobby L Bailey
Registrant: Bobby L Bailey, 5211 Parisville Rd, Port Hope, MI 48468-9740
Call Sign: WB8SZJ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00946372
Grant Date: 11/30/2004, Expiration Date: 02/24/2015, Certifier: James E Hunter
Registrant: James E Hunter, 4691 Main St, Port Hope, MI 48468

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2

Aircraft: KOLB FIRESTAR II (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: ROTAX 503 DCDI (52 HP) (2 Cycle)
N-Number: 6178V , Serial Number: 001, Year manufactured: 1995, Airworthiness Date: 01/22/2008
Registrant (Individual): Pending Registration, 7908 School St, Port Hope, MI 48468
Deregistered: Cancel Date: 10/27/1998
Aircraft: INGRAM WING DING II (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 85 mph), Engine: MCCULLOCH 4318A&E/0-100 (72 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 7VE , Serial Number: 7, Year manufactured: 1973, Airworthiness Date: 05/24/1973
Registrant (Individual): Reported Sale, 5803 Swayze Rd, Port Hope, MI 48468

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 7
Hazardous Condition: 4

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