Freeman township, Clare County, Michigan (MI)

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Land area: 34.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,118 (all rural)

Males: 566	(50.6%)
Females: 552	(49.4%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 1,118 (1,016 owner occupied, 102 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	9%
State:	26%

Races in Freeman township:

White Non-Hispanic: 96.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Hispanic or Latino: 1.3%
Two or more races: 0.4%

Median age of males: 48.8
Median age of females: 47.9

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Average household size: 2.38

Freeman township:	2.4 people
Michigan:	2.6 people

Average family size: 2.70

Estimated median household income in 2008: $33,068 ($30,398 in 1999)

This township:	$33,068
Michigan:	$48,591

Median contract rent in 2008 for apartments: $466 (lower quartile is $388, upper quartile is $570)

Here:	$466
State:	$589

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $112,624 (it was $77,500 in 2000)

Freeman township:	$112,624
Michigan:	$151,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $88,620 - $165,670

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $133,243
Here: $133,243
State: $192,870

Townhouses or other attached units: $93,038
Here: $93,038
State: $162,147

Mobile homes: $47,615
Here: $47,615
State: $39,606

Population density: 32 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	13.0%
Whole state:	10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	4.8%
Whole state:	4.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 5 (80% naturalized citizens)

Freeman township:	0.4%
State:	5.3%

53% of Freeman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Michigan.

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

This state: 938
Northeast: 33
Midwest: 86
South: 42
West: 33

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,300

Freeman township, Michigan satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 754
One, attached: 8
10 to 19: 2
Mobile homes: 161
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12

Median worth of mobile homes: $37,200

Housing units in Freeman township with a mortgage: 172 (6 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 118

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 35
1995 to 1998: 138
1990 to 1994: 207
1980 to 1989: 163
1970 to 1979: 201
1960 to 1969: 92
1950 to 1959: 34
1940 to 1949: 28
1939 or earlier: 39

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Freeman township, Michigan:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 2 3 rooms: 21 4 rooms: 87 5 rooms: 135 6 rooms: 98 7 rooms: 57 8 rooms: 19 9 or more rooms: 6

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Freeman township, Michigan:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 2 3 rooms: 2 4 rooms: 7 5 rooms: 23 6 rooms: 4 7 rooms: 2 8 rooms: 2 9 or more rooms: 2

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Freeman township:
	no bedroom: 6 1 bedroom: 8 2 bedrooms: 181 3 bedrooms: 199 4 bedrooms: 27 5 or more bedrooms: 4

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Freeman township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 2 2 bedrooms: 21 3 bedrooms: 19 4 bedrooms: 2 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Freeman township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 12 1 vehicle: 154 2 vehicles: 191 3 vehicles: 52 4 vehicles: 10 5 or more vehicles: 6

Cars and other vehicles available in Freeman township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2 1 vehicle: 24 2 vehicles: 12 3 vehicles: 4 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 2

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (12%)
Transportation equipment (9%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Plastics and rubber products (5%)
Metal and metal products (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (14%)
Health care (11%)
Food and beverage stores (9%)
Transportation equipment (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
Cashiers (6%)
Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Freeman township:

German (24.9%)
English (10.4%)
Irish (10.2%)
French (except Basque) (9.7%)
United States or American (9.0%)
Polish (7.9%)
Dutch (2.2%)

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

Ireland (40%)
Germany (40%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 289 (85%)
Carpooled: 40 (12%)
Walked: 4 (1%)
Worked at home: 6 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (51%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%) Wood (6%) Electricity (3%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)

96.7% of residents of Freeman township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,137

In family households: 996 (312 male householders, 40 female householders)
291 spouses, 271 children (233 natural, 14 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 18 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 141 (64 male householders (56 living alone)), 51 female householders (40 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 212 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 96 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 3-persons.

129 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (19 men, 41 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4

Here:	2.7%
Michigan:	11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2

Here:	2.6%
Michigan:	8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6

Here:	31.6%
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 (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Freeman township:

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