Perry township, Shiawassee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Perry township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3790
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 211
- South: 234
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $105,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,150
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 37
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 421
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,400
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 624 (43 second mortgage, 103 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 163
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (22.9%)
- United States or American (15.4%)
- English (11.0%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.3%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- Scottish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (40%)
- Korea (19%)
- Mexico (18%)
- Canada (16%)
- Austria (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,907 (84%)
- Carpooled: 242 (11%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 81 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.9% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (14% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 29% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,389- In family households: 3,948 (924 male householders, 297 female householders)
1,017 spouses, 1,542 children (1,472 natural, 10 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 32 other relatives, 109 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 441 (196 male householders (144 living alone)), 169 female householders (160 living alone)), 76 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 453 2-persons, 286 3-persons, 294 4-persons, 145 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 304 1-person, 54 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
948 married couples with children.
290 single-parent households (92 men, 198 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 71
| Here: | 12.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |