Vernon township, Shiawassee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (86% naturalized citizens)
| Vernon township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Vernon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4461
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 157
- South: 224
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $143,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,586
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 1,144
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Vernon township with a mortgage: 711 (39 second mortgage, 134 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 382
- Food (16%)
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (25%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14%)
- Food processing workers (11%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (20%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (14%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vernon township:
- German (20.5%)
- United States or American (18.8%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- French Canadian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (41%)
- Canada (27%)
- Germany (23%)
- Sweden (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,989 (88%)
- Carpooled: 162 (7%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Worked at home: 80 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (1%)
97.8% of residents of Vernon township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (17% speak English very well, 83% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 19% 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: 4,996- In family households: 4,463 (1,154 male householders, 270 female householders)
1,237 spouses, 1,600 children (1,415 natural, 24 adopted, 161 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 22 other relatives, 91 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 533 (192 male householders (141 living alone)), 222 female householders (177 living alone)), 119 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 591 2-persons, 362 3-persons, 286 4-persons, 142 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 318 1-person, 80 2-persons, 16 3-persons,
923 married couples with children.
288 single-parent households (99 men, 189 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |