Whiteford township, Monroe County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Whiteford township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Whiteford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 990
- Northeast: 130
- Midwest: 2876
- South: 236
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $129,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
39 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,505
- One, attached: 35
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 70
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Whiteford township with a mortgage: 640 (62 second mortgage, 179 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 398
- Construction (20%)
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Whiteford township:
- German (35.1%)
- Polish (11.6%)
- English (7.7%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- United States or American (7.4%)
- Italian (5.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- Lebanon (22%)
- Germany (16%)
- Canada (6%)
- El Salvador (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Sweden (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,948 (86%)
- Carpooled: 219 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 21 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 70 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (1%)
39 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
94.3% of residents of Whiteford township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,381- In family households: 4,001 (1,031 male householders, 225 female householders)
1,074 spouses, 1,448 children (1,324 natural, 60 adopted, 64 stepchildren), 80 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 45 other relatives, 73 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 380 (167 male householders (137 living alone)), 167 female householders (149 living alone)), 46 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 39 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 508 2-persons, 282 3-persons, 269 4-persons, 125 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 286 1-person, 48 2-persons,
942 married couples with children.
111 single-parent households (35 men, 76 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40
| Here: | 22.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |