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Watertown township, Tuscola County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)

Watertown township:

0.4%
Whole state:

5.3%

62% of Watertown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Michigan.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1912
  • Northeast: 62
  • Midwest: 85
  • South: 81
  • West: 30

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $157,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Watertown township, MI map Watertown township, Michigan satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $54,400


Housing units in Watertown township with a mortgage: 256 (0 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 139

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 41
  • 1995 to 1998: 80
  • 1990 to 1994: 44
  • 1980 to 1989: 90
  • 1970 to 1979: 185
  • 1960 to 1969: 74
  • 1950 to 1959: 75
  • 1940 to 1949: 59
  • 1939 or earlier: 221

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Watertown township, Michigan:

  • 1 room: 4
  • 2 rooms: 4
  • 3 rooms: 3
  • 4 rooms: 59
  • 5 rooms: 163
  • 6 rooms: 201
  • 7 rooms: 100
  • 8 rooms: 95
  • 9 or more rooms: 84

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Watertown township, Michigan:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 5
  • 3 rooms: 13
  • 4 rooms: 16
  • 5 rooms: 10
  • 6 rooms: 11
  • 7 rooms: 17
  • 8 rooms: 6
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Watertown township:

  • no bedroom: 4
  • 1 bedroom: 7
  • 2 bedrooms: 149
  • 3 bedrooms: 405
  • 4 bedrooms: 98
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 50

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Watertown township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 18
  • 2 bedrooms: 15
  • 3 bedrooms: 34
  • 4 bedrooms: 6
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 5

Cars and other vehicles available in Watertown township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 7
  • 1 vehicle: 165
  • 2 vehicles: 299
  • 3 vehicles: 138
  • 4 vehicles: 72
  • 5 or more vehicles: 32

Cars and other vehicles available in Watertown township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 42
  • 2 vehicles: 36
  • 3 vehicles: 0
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Transportation equipment (22%)
  • Construction (17%)
  • Metal and metal products (7%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Repair and maintenance (3%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (19%)
  • Accommodation and food services (13%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Customer service representatives (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Watertown township:

  • German (25.1%)
  • English (12.9%)
  • United States or American (12.2%)
  • Irish (10.0%)
  • French (except Basque) (5.2%)
  • Scottish (5.2%)
  • Polish (4.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (59%)
  • Utility gas (23%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
  • Electricity (5%)
  • Wood (3%)

97.9% of residents of Watertown township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (42% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,188

Size of family households: 276 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 131 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 34 2-persons,

479 married couples with children.
86 single-parent households (22 men, 64 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
Here:

14.0%
Michigan:

11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
Here:

9.5%
Michigan:

8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here:

6.2%
Michigan:

16.5%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Watertown township:

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