Shelby township, Oceana County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Shelby township: | 7.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Shelby township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2996
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 212
- South: 271
- West: 83
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Shelby township, Michigan:
- 30 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 5 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 2 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,119
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 78
- 3 or 4: 59
- 5 to 9: 42
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 21
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 162
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Shelby township with a mortgage: 444 (12 second mortgage, 61 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 318
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Food (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shelby township:
- German (18.6%)
- Dutch (11.8%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- English (6.9%)
- Swedish (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (91%)
- South Africa (4%)
- Bolivia (3%)
- France (1%)
- United Kingdom (1%)
- Other Western Europe (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,293 (71%)
- Carpooled: 348 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 70 (4%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 81 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Shelby township, Michigan:
- 30 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 5 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 2 people in other group homes
81.6% of residents of Shelby township speak English at home.
16.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,898- In family households: 3,520 (787 male householders, 262 female householders)
861 spouses, 1,362 children (1,274 natural, 46 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 75 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 83 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 378 (123 male householders (104 living alone)), 223 female householders (211 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 49 (7 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 426 2-persons, 175 3-persons, 215 4-persons, 126 5-persons, 71 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 315 1-person, 29 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
861 married couples with children.
216 single-parent households (47 men, 169 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 69
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |