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Whitefish township, Chippewa County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (14% naturalized citizens)

Whitefish township:

1.2%
Whole state:

5.3%

60% of Whitefish township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% 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: 474
  • Northeast: 17
  • Midwest: 99
  • South: 15
  • West: 7

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%

No gay or lesbian households reported
Whitefish township, MI map

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $27,100


Housing units in Whitefish township with a mortgage: 70 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 142

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 59
  • 1995 to 1998: 97
  • 1990 to 1994: 84
  • 1980 to 1989: 196
  • 1970 to 1979: 182
  • 1960 to 1969: 215
  • 1950 to 1959: 100
  • 1940 to 1949: 34
  • 1939 or earlier: 121

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

  • 1 room: 3
  • 2 rooms: 9
  • 3 rooms: 36
  • 4 rooms: 64
  • 5 rooms: 81
  • 6 rooms: 47
  • 7 rooms: 18
  • 8 rooms: 14
  • 9 or more rooms: 7

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

  • 1 room: 4
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 8
  • 4 rooms: 6
  • 5 rooms: 2
  • 6 rooms: 1
  • 7 rooms: 0
  • 8 rooms: 1
  • 9 or more rooms: 4

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

  • no bedroom: 3
  • 1 bedroom: 42
  • 2 bedrooms: 122
  • 3 bedrooms: 88
  • 4 bedrooms: 20
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 4

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Whitefish township:

  • no bedroom: 4
  • 1 bedroom: 4
  • 2 bedrooms: 12
  • 3 bedrooms: 4
  • 4 bedrooms: 1
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 1

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

  • no vehicle: 4
  • 1 vehicle: 105
  • 2 vehicles: 145
  • 3 vehicles: 22
  • 4 vehicles: 3
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

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

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 17
  • 2 vehicles: 9
  • 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 (%):

  • Accommodation and food services (13%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Public administration (10%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (10%)
  • Repair and maintenance (10%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
  • Educational services (7%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (24%)
  • Accommodation and food services (19%)
  • Health care (9%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Other direct selling establishments (7%)
  • U. S. Postal service (7%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Painters and paperhangers (6%)
  • Religious workers (5%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Whitefish township:

  • German (19.4%)
  • English (14.0%)
  • Irish (14.0%)
  • United States or American (8.0%)
  • French (except Basque) (6.3%)
  • French Canadian (5.6%)
  • Scottish (5.6%)

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

  • Canada (57%)
  • Germany (29%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
  • Wood (23%)
  • Electricity (10%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
  • Other fuel (2%)

97.4% of residents of Whitefish township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 626

Size of family households: 156 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 7 2-persons,

53 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (13 men, 13 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here:

12.5%
Michigan:

11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here:

11.1%
Michigan:

8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:

0.0%
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 Whitefish township:

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