Burr Oak township, St. Joseph County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Burr Oak township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
77% of Burr Oak 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, 23% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 243
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 10
- South: 2
- West: 5
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 56
- Two: 20
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Burr Oak township with a mortgage: 8 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (43%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (14%)
- Construction (11%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Warehousing and storage (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Health care (50%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (30%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (14%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Registered nurses (18%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Burr Oak township:
- Pennsylvania German (39.4%)
- German (34.4%)
- Czech (12.0%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- Russian (1.9%)
- Swedish (1.9%)
- Norwegian (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 59 (79%)
- Walked: 5 (7%)
- Worked at home: 11 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (3%)
59.1% of residents of Burr Oak township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
39.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (98% speak English very well, 2% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 266- In family households: 253 (42 male householders, 24 female householders)
52 spouses, 128 children (128 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 13 (8 male householders (8 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 17 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person,
536 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (55 men, 80 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |