Curtis township, Alcona County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
Curtis township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Curtis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1146
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 112
- South: 91
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,237
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 325
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,100
Housing units in Curtis township with a mortgage: 100 (0 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 221
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Curtis township:
- German (20.6%)
- English (17.3%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- United States or American (12.4%)
- French (except Basque) (7.0%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- Italian (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (67%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Mexico (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 284 (74%)
- Carpooled: 57 (15%)
- Walked: 14 (4%)
- Worked at home: 28 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Wood (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.0% of residents of Curtis township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (22% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 56% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,388- In family households: 1,187 (354 male householders, 81 female householders)
368 spouses, 301 children (272 natural, 4 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 16 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 201 (106 male householders (86 living alone)), 74 female householders (71 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 281 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 157 1-person, 23 2-persons,
174 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (21 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 2.0% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 4.9% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 42.9% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |