Hancock township, Houghton County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Hancock township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Hancock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 294
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 76
- South: 14
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 238
- Mobile homes: 25
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,300
Housing units in Hancock township with a mortgage: 26 (0 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 54
- Construction (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (29%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Construction (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Physicians and surgeons (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (20%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hancock township:
- Finnish (50.6%)
- German (12.4%)
- English (5.3%)
- United States or American (4.7%)
- Irish (3.4%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- Polish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 136 (85%)
- Carpooled: 22 (14%)
- Worked at home: 2 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Wood (14%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Utility gas (5%)
95.0% of residents of Hancock township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.5% of residents speak other language at home (35% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 395- In family households: 344 (103 male householders, 6 female householders)
103 spouses, 126 children (99 natural, 14 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 51 (24 male householders (17 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 33 1-person, 5 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
98 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (2 men, 2 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% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |