Surrey township, Clare County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Surrey township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Surrey township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3177
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 134
- South: 150
- West: 77
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $59,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
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
People in group quarters in Surrey township, Michigan:
- 70 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in other group homes
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in homes for the physically handicapped


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,554
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 29
- 10 to 19: 5
- 20 to 49: 30
- Mobile homes: 320
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,400
Housing units in Surrey township with a mortgage: 438 (18 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 342
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Surrey township:
- German (21.4%)
- United States or American (17.4%)
- English (12.8%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (6.1%)
- French Canadian (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (61%)
- Italy (22%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,108 (80%)
- Carpooled: 200 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Walked: 22 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
People in group quarters in Surrey township, Michigan:
- 70 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in other group homes
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in homes for the physically handicapped
97.1% of residents of Surrey township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,470- In family households: 2,933 (776 male householders, 225 female householders)
769 spouses, 927 children (820 natural, 12 adopted, 95 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 39 other relatives, 96 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 537 (183 male householders (147 living alone)), 271 female householders (246 living alone)), 83 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 125 (84 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 536 2-persons, 197 3-persons, 163 4-persons, 67 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 393 1-person, 51 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
510 married couples with children.
203 single-parent households (60 men, 143 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 0.5% |
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: 3
Here: | 2.8% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |