Schoolcraft township, Houghton County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Schoolcraft township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Schoolcraft township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1566
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 122
- South: 33
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 846
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 28
- 5 to 9: 28
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 38
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 87
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Schoolcraft township with a mortgage: 218 (16 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 259
- Educational services (19%)
- Construction (18%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Schoolcraft township:
- Finnish (23.4%)
- French (except Basque) (19.5%)
- French Canadian (12.2%)
- German (11.8%)
- English (7.9%)
- Italian (4.7%)
- Irish (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (40%)
- United Kingdom (30%)
- Other Northern Europe (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 661 (83%)
- Carpooled: 75 (9%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 40 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 19 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Wood (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.2% of residents of Schoolcraft township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,846- In family households: 1,577 (402 male householders, 110 female householders)
437 spouses, 573 children (540 natural, 8 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 7 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 269 (112 male householders (99 living alone)), 136 female householders (130 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 245 2-persons, 121 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 229 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
343 married couples with children.
102 single-parent households (18 men, 84 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): 1
| Here: | 0.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 25.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |