Amber township, Mason County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 71 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Amber township: | 70.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Amber township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% 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: 28359
- Northeast: 2991
- Midwest: 4504
- South: 5203
- West: 1148
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $188,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Amber township, Michigan:
- 37 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 13,697
- One, attached: 708
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 170
- 5 to 9: 402
- 10 to 19: 381
- 20 to 49: 103
- 50 or more: 516
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Amber township with a mortgage: 10,230 (1,313 second mortgage, 2,283 home equity loan, 69 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,853
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Amber township:
- German (34.9%)
- Irish (15.4%)
- English (11.4%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- Italian (6.5%)
- Polish (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (12%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- India (8%)
- Germany (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Other Eastern Europe (6%)
- Italy (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 18,052 (84%)
- Carpooled: 1,690 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 414 (2%)
- Railroad: 13 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 30 (0%)
- Walked: 163 (1%)
- Other means: 88 (0%)
- Worked at home: 930 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Amber township, Michigan:
- 37 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.1% of residents of Amber township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 43,526- In family households: 39,905 (10,469 male householders, 2,010 female householders)
11,263 spouses, 15,180 children (14,152 natural, 533 adopted, 495 stepchildren), 175 grandchildren, 71 brothers or sisters, 172 parents, 269 other relatives, 296 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,621 (1,153 male householders (927 living alone)), 1,987 female householders (1,837 living alone)), 481 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 325 (303 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,936 2-persons, 2,626 3-persons, 3,004 4-persons, 1,410 5-persons, 432 6-persons, 71 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,764 1-person, 289 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
411 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (24 men, 59 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,766
| Here: | 28.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 659
| Here: | 22.3% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 285
| Here: | 19.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |
