Thetford township, Genesee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 18 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Thetford township: | 18.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Thetford 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: 17941
- Northeast: 5254
- Midwest: 541
- South: 647
- West: 349
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $148,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Thetford township, Michigan:
- 15 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,701
- One, attached: 452
- Two: 221
- 3 or 4: 100
- 5 to 9: 165
- 10 to 19: 10
- 20 to 49: 95
- 50 or more: 146
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $137,500
Housing units in Thetford township with a mortgage: 6,388 (625 second mortgage, 916 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,195
- Transportation equipment (27%)
- Construction (15%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Thetford township:
- Italian (23.4%)
- Irish (17.8%)
- German (15.3%)
- Polish (7.2%)
- English (5.7%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (17%)
- Germany (14%)
- Italy (9%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Peru (4%)
- France (4%)
- India (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,492 (82%)
- Carpooled: 1,357 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 243 (2%)
- Subway or elevated: 6 (0%)
- Railroad: 53 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 190 (1%)
- Other means: 28 (0%)
- Worked at home: 564 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Thetford township, Michigan:
- 15 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
90.4% of residents of Thetford township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
5.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 26,108- In family households: 23,673 (6,005 male householders, 1,246 female householders)
6,366 spouses, 8,859 children (8,382 natural, 205 adopted, 272 stepchildren), 252 grandchildren, 74 brothers or sisters, 237 parents, 375 other relatives, 259 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,435 (985 male householders (764 living alone)), 999 female householders (776 living alone)), 451 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 302 (109 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,533 2-persons, 1,813 3-persons, 1,752 4-persons, 819 5-persons, 252 6-persons, 82 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,540 1-person, 430 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
1,536 married couples with children.
455 single-parent households (114 men, 341 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 416
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 108
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 212
| Here: | 27.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |