Buel township, Sanilac County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Buel township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Buel township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2285
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 661
- South: 127
- West: 67
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,151
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 83
- 3 or 4: 95
- 5 to 9: 68
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 87
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Buel township with a mortgage: 414 (55 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 424
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buel township:
- German (35.8%)
- United States or American (18.8%)
- English (11.4%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (32%)
- Poland (28%)
- Canada (24%)
- Other Western Europe (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,369 (86%)
- Carpooled: 106 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Walked: 29 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 62 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.6% of residents of Buel township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,094- In family households: 2,461 (735 male householders, 111 female householders)
724 spouses, 843 children (713 natural, 22 adopted, 108 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 11 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 633 (196 male householders (142 living alone)), 328 female householders (312 living alone)), 109 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 92 (85 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 434 2-persons, 163 3-persons, 166 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 454 1-person, 48 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
259 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (11 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |