Rose Lake township, Osceola County, Michigan (MI)

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Rose Lake township, MI map Land area: 33.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.3 sq. mi.
Population: 1,231 (all rural)

Males: 613	(49.8%)
Females: 618	(50.2%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 1,231 (1,164 owner occupied, 67 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	5%
State:	26%

Races in Rose Lake township:

White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
Black: 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Asian: 0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Hispanic or Latino: 0.4%
Two or more races: 0.5%

Median age of males: 40.0
Median age of females: 41.4

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Average household size: 2.51

Rose Lake township:	2.5 people
Michigan:	2.6 people

Average family size: 2.87

Estimated median household income in 2007: $37,215 ($34,667 in 1999)

This township:	$37,215
Michigan:	$47,950

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $489 (lower quartile is $400, upper quartile is $529)

Here:	$489
State:	$573

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $110,324 (it was $76,400 in 2000)

Rose Lake township:	$110,324
Michigan:	$153,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $81,623 - $174,314

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $175,618
Here: $175,618
State: $200,820

Townhouses or other attached units: $192,288
Here: $192,288
State: $181,134

Mobile homes: $46,316
Here: $46,316
State: $39,606

Population density: 37 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	7.6%
Whole state:	10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	2.6%
Whole state:	4.8%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemeteries: Maple Hill Cemetery, Rose Lake Cemetery.

Lakes: McCoy Lake, Bass Lake, Bear Lake, Patrick Lake, Penasa Lake, Boot Lake, Perch Lake, Rendezvous Lake.

Number of foreign born residents: 21 (38% naturalized citizens)

Rose Lake township:	1.7%
State:	5.3%

63% of Rose Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Michigan.

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

This state: 1060
Northeast: 25
Midwest: 56
South: 49
West: 18

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000

Rose Lake township, Michigan satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 740
One, attached: 6
Mobile homes: 370
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 101

Median worth of mobile homes: $37,300

Housing units in Rose Lake township with a mortgage: 127 (6 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 26
1995 to 1998: 143
1990 to 1994: 128
1980 to 1989: 197
1970 to 1979: 329
1960 to 1969: 161
1950 to 1959: 82
1940 to 1949: 49
1939 or earlier: 102

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rose Lake township, Michigan:
	1 room: 2 2 rooms: 4 3 rooms: 17 4 rooms: 63 5 rooms: 111 6 rooms: 105 7 rooms: 66 8 rooms: 38 9 or more rooms: 47

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rose Lake township, Michigan:
	1 room: 4 2 rooms: 4 3 rooms: 2 4 rooms: 2 5 rooms: 6 6 rooms: 6 7 rooms: 11 8 rooms: 0 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Rose Lake township:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 20 2 bedrooms: 116 3 bedrooms: 229 4 bedrooms: 52 5 or more bedrooms: 34

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rose Lake township:
	no bedroom: 4 1 bedroom: 4 2 bedrooms: 6 3 bedrooms: 12 4 bedrooms: 7 5 or more bedrooms: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in Rose Lake township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 17 1 vehicle: 128 2 vehicles: 218 3 vehicles: 68 4 vehicles: 21 5 or more vehicles: 1

Cars and other vehicles available in Rose Lake township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 0 1 vehicle: 14 2 vehicles: 14 3 vehicles: 5 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%)
Plastics and rubber products (10%)
Transportation equipment (10%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Machinery (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Educational services (14%)
Public administration (9%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Transportation equipment (6%)
Social assistance (5%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Rose Lake township:

German (24.8%)
English (15.2%)
Polish (11.4%)
United States or American (8.8%)
Swedish (6.4%)
Irish (6.2%)
Dutch (4.6%)

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

Canada (29%)
Netherlands (19%)
Poland (19%)
Mexico (14%)
Germany (10%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 411 (82%)
Carpooled: 51 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
Bicycle: 2 (0%)
Walked: 5 (1%)
Other means: 8 (2%)
Worked at home: 21 (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (75%) Wood (11%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%) Utility gas (1%) Electricity (1%)

96.2% of residents of Rose Lake township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English not well, 60% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,231

In family households: 1,073 (336 male householders, 35 female householders)
312 spouses, 339 children (309 natural, 5 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 5 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 158 (52 male householders (37 living alone)), 67 female householders (57 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 192 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 75 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 18 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 3 4-persons.

214 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (9 men, 39 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): 5

Here:	5.6%
Michigan:	8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10

Here:	31.3%
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 Rose Lake township:

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