Bentley township, Gladwin County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Bentley township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Bentley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 97% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 810
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 26
- South: 12
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 256
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 102
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,800
Housing units in Bentley township with a mortgage: 50 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36
- Construction (26%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Cashiers (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bentley township:
- German (32.3%)
- Polish (15.4%)
- French (except Basque) (13.0%)
- United States or American (11.8%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- English (4.5%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 323 (88%)
- Carpooled: 32 (9%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (3%)
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.9% of residents of Bentley township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 885- In family households: 788 (207 male householders, 40 female householders)
210 spouses, 283 children (265 natural, 8 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 7 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (39 male householders (26 living alone)), 31 female householders (25 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 104 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 6-persons,
139 married couples with children.
47 single-parent households (14 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 23.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |