Blair township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Blair township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Blair township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5627
- Northeast: 139
- Midwest: 279
- South: 227
- West: 119
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
12 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,527
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 10
- Mobile homes: 856
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,600
Housing units in Blair township with a mortgage: 912 (16 second mortgage, 105 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 190
- Construction (19%)
- Leather and allied products (14%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Leather and allied products (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blair township:
- German (28.9%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- United States or American (10.6%)
- Polish (8.1%)
- English (7.5%)
- French Canadian (5.1%)
- Italian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (30%)
- Ukraine (30%)
- Korea (22%)
- Mexico (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,756 (85%)
- Carpooled: 306 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 43 (1%)
- Worked at home: 105 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
12 people in other group homes
95.9% of residents of Blair township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,493- In family households: 5,618 (1,261 male householders, 424 female householders)
1,251 spouses, 2,218 children (2,051 natural, 52 adopted, 115 stepchildren), 82 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 47 other relatives, 273 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 875 (312 male householders (191 living alone)), 288 female householders (179 living alone)), 275 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 582 2-persons, 306 3-persons, 530 4-persons, 161 5-persons, 87 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 370 1-person, 192 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 16 4-persons,
1,313 married couples with children.
472 single-parent households (129 men, 343 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 119
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 47
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |