Bruce township, Macomb County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Bruce township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Bruce township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6756
- Northeast: 182
- Midwest: 423
- South: 323
- West: 96
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Bruce township, Michigan:
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,274
- One, attached: 87
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 64
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 16
- Mobile homes: 421
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Bruce township with a mortgage: 1,534 (69 second mortgage, 327 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 329
- Transportation equipment (24%)
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bruce township:
- German (23.2%)
- Polish (15.0%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- Italian (10.0%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- English (5.8%)
- French Canadian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Greece (12%)
- Italy (12%)
- Poland (12%)
- Canada (12%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Korea (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,520 (87%)
- Carpooled: 281 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 17 (0%)
- Taxi: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 66 (2%)
- Worked at home: 130 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Bruce township, Michigan:
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
94.0% of residents of Bruce township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,078- In family households: 7,546 (1,988 male householders, 342 female householders)
2,010 spouses, 2,851 children (2,580 natural, 45 adopted, 226 stepchildren), 120 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 46 parents, 59 other relatives, 97 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 532 (279 male householders (231 living alone)), 190 female householders (177 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 33 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 852 2-persons, 520 3-persons, 574 4-persons, 267 5-persons, 88 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 408 1-person, 61 2-persons,
1,936 married couples with children.
317 single-parent households (87 men, 230 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 109
| Here: | 9.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |
