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Chassell township, Houghton County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (67% naturalized citizens)

Chassell township:

0.5%
Whole state:

5.3%

65% of Chassell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Michigan.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1456
  • Northeast: 52
  • Midwest: 220
  • South: 48
  • West: 53

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%

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

6 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Chassell township, MI map Chassell township, Michigan satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $37,800


Housing units in Chassell township with a mortgage: 203 (9 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 154

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 21
  • 1995 to 1998: 54
  • 1990 to 1994: 78
  • 1980 to 1989: 114
  • 1970 to 1979: 144
  • 1960 to 1969: 63
  • 1950 to 1959: 114
  • 1940 to 1949: 81
  • 1939 or earlier: 281

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Chassell township, Michigan:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 24
  • 4 rooms: 79
  • 5 rooms: 158
  • 6 rooms: 163
  • 7 rooms: 78
  • 8 rooms: 78
  • 9 or more rooms: 49

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chassell township, Michigan:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 8
  • 3 rooms: 13
  • 4 rooms: 53
  • 5 rooms: 9
  • 6 rooms: 2
  • 7 rooms: 6
  • 8 rooms: 2
  • 9 or more rooms: 5

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chassell township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 30
  • 2 bedrooms: 160
  • 3 bedrooms: 307
  • 4 bedrooms: 101
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 33

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chassell township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 31
  • 2 bedrooms: 49
  • 3 bedrooms: 5
  • 4 bedrooms: 11
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in Chassell township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 7
  • 1 vehicle: 177
  • 2 vehicles: 258
  • 3 vehicles: 123
  • 4 vehicles: 44
  • 5 or more vehicles: 22

Cars and other vehicles available in Chassell township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 6
  • 1 vehicle: 53
  • 2 vehicles: 37
  • 3 vehicles: 2
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (25%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Repair and maintenance (6%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (24%)
  • Health care (20%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Postsecondary teachers (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Chassell township:

  • Finnish (55.7%)
  • German (8.3%)
  • French (except Basque) (4.8%)
  • English (4.2%)
  • Irish (3.6%)
  • Swedish (2.9%)
  • French Canadian (2.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Other Northern Europe (56%)
  • Germany (44%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (35%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
  • Wood (10%)
  • Electricity (5%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

6 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)

92.0% of residents of Chassell township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
7.4% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,839

Size of family households: 284 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 128 1-person, 24 2-persons,

394 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (17 men, 44 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here:

7.5%
Michigan:

11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here:

2.9%
Michigan:

8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here:

16.9%
Michigan:

16.5%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Chassell township:

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