Franklin township, Clare County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Franklin 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, 87% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 759
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 28
- South: 60
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.3%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 636
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 248
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,400
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 86 (3 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Construction (27%)
- Repair and maintenance (10%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- United States or American (22.1%)
- German (20.3%)
- English (18.8%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
- French Canadian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 233 (81%)
- Carpooled: 38 (13%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (70%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Wood (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99.0% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 863- In family households: 749 (209 male householders, 45 female householders)
186 spouses, 251 children (237 natural, 6 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 10 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 114 (61 male householders (51 living alone)), 30 female householders (22 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 125 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 15 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
114 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (22 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 0.9% |
| 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% |