Estimated median household income in 2007: $44,990
| This zip code: | $44,990 | | Michigan: | $47,950 |
Nearest zip codes: 48746, 48757, 48734, 48733, 48463, 48464.
Housing units in zip code 48768 with a mortgage: 1,354 (68 second mortgage, 207 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 774
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,065
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $377
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 8.2% | | Whole state: | 14.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 3.8% | | Whole state: | 6.5% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.1 | | State: | 6.1 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.3 | | State: | 4.1 |
Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 61
- 1995 to 1998: 214
- 1990 to 1994: 220
- 1980 to 1989: 379
- 1970 to 1979: 830
- 1960 to 1969: 506
- 1950 to 1959: 462
- 1940 to 1949: 235
- 1939 or earlier: 936
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Vassar, MI (48768): |
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- no bedroom: 2
- 1 bedrooms: 43
- 2 bedrooms: 623
- 3 bedrooms: 1,866
- 4 bedrooms: 403
- 5 or more bedrooms: 120
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 5
- 1 bedrooms: 111
- 2 bedrooms: 276
- 3 bedrooms: 129
- 4 bedrooms: 31
- 5 or more bedrooms: 21
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Vehicles available in 48768 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 98
- 1 vehicle: 688
- 2 vehicles: 1,430
- 3 vehicles: 624
- 4 vehicles: 171
- 5 or more vehicles: 46
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 38
- 1 vehicle: 281
- 2 vehicles: 212
- 3 vehicles: 30
- 4 vehicles: 10
- 5 or more vehicles: 2
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 48768:
- Less than $10,000: 14
- $10,000 to $14,999: 7
- $15,000 to $19,999: 10
- $20,000 to $24,999: 20
- $25,000 to $29,999: 25
- $30,000 to $34,999: 28
- $35,000 to $39,999: 43
- $40,000 to $49,999: 106
- $50,000 to $59,999: 87
- $60,000 to $69,999: 115
- $70,000 to $79,999: 129
- $80,000 to $89,999: 184
- $90,000 to $99,999: 201
- $100,000 to $124,999: 583
- $125,000 to $149,999: 399
- $150,000 to $174,999: 314
- $175,000 to $199,999: 217
- $200,000 to $249,999: 219
- $250,000 to $299,999: 82
- $300,000 to $399,999: 90
- $400,000 to $499,999: 12
- $500,000 to $749,999: 4
- $1,000,000 or more: 2
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 48768:
- Less than $100: 9
- $100 to $149: 12
- $200 to $249: 19
- $250 to $299: 13
- $300 to $349: 30
- $350 to $399: 61
- $400 to $449: 91
- $450 to $499: 15
- $500 to $549: 10
- $550 to $599: 17
- $700 to $749: 25
- $750 to $799: 7
- $1,250 to $1,499: 7
- No cash rent: 55
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $77,174.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $120,481
- Black or African American householders: $42,751
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $144,633
- Some other race householders: $35,811
- Two or more races householders: $117,982
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $55,521
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $123,829 (it was $87,300 in 2000)
| 48768: | $123,829 | | Michigan: | $153,100 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $69,605 - $124,706
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $144,105| Here: | $144,105 | | State: | $200,820 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $172,909| Here: | $172,909 | | State: | $181,134 |
In 2-unit structures: $116,997| Here: | $116,997 | | State: | $129,336 |
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $31,276| Here: | $31,276 | | State: | $149,899 |
Mobile homes: $57,755| Here: | $57,755 | | State: | $39,606 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,002
- One, attached: 47
- Two: 91
- 3 or 4: 84
- 5 to 9: 67
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 44
- Mobile homes: 500

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 3,856 (86%)
- Carpooled: 402 (9%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 79 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 134 (3%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 273
- 5 to 9 minutes: 482
- 10 to 14 minutes: 695
- 15 to 19 minutes: 582
- 20 to 24 minutes: 366
- 25 to 29 minutes: 254
- 30 to 34 minutes: 544
- 35 to 39 minutes: 180
- 40 to 44 minutes: 183
- 45 to 59 minutes: 427
- 60 to 89 minutes: 194
- 90 or more minutes: 169
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 44.0%
Household type by relationship
Households: 9,730
- In family households: 8,807 (2,261 male householders, 552 female householders)
2,432 spouses, 3,188 children (2,869 natural, 123 adopted, 196 stepchildren), 137 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 66 other relatives, 111 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 923 (386 male householders (323 living alone)), 415 female householders (395 living alone)), 122 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 305 (291 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,133 2-persons, 669 3-persons, 610 4-persons, 280 5-persons, 99 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 718 1-person, 51 2-persons, 32 3-persons.
2,032 married couples with children.
462 single-parent households (127 men, 335 women).
95.5% of residents of 48768 zip code speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% very well, 20% well, 19% not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% very well, 25% well, 2% not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (76% very well, 16% well, 8% not at all).
Foreign born population: 39 (0.4%)
(94.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 0.4% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Germany (23%)
- Egypt (18%)
- South Africa (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- Korea (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 2
- 1990 to 1994: 0
- 1985 to 1989: 9
- 1980 to 1984: 0
- 1975 to 1979: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 7
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1965 to 1969: 21
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White population: 9,510
Black population: 280
American Indian population: 41
Asian population: 51
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 83
Two or more races population: 134

First ancestries reported:
|  German: 2786 |
|  English: 787 |
|  Other groups: 569 |
|  United States or American: 557 |
|  Irish: 507 |
|  Polish: 476 |
|  French (except Basque): 468 |
|  Dutch: 179 |
|  Hungarian: 178 |
|  French Canadian: 125 |
|  Italian: 111 |
|  Scottish: 96 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 74 |
|  Danish: 47 |
|  Swedish: 44 |
|  Croatian: 40 |
|  Canadian: 39 |
|  Russian: 33 |
|  European: 28 |
|  Arab:: 20 |
|  Ukrainian: 19 |
|  Greek: 18 |
|  Subsaharan African:: 17 |
|  Welsh: 16 |
|  African: 14 |
|  Arab/Arabic: 13 |
|  Czech: 13 |
|  Norwegian: 12 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 12 |
|  Yugoslavian: 11 |
|  Lithuanian: 10 |
|  Romanian: 10 |
|  Lebanese: 7 |
|  British: 7 |
|  Austrian: 7 |
|  Slavic: 6 |
|  Slovak: 5 |
|  Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 5 |
|  Belgian: 5 |
|  Portuguese: 4 |
|  Pennsylvania German: 4 |
|  South African: 3 |
|  Finnish: 2 |
|  Barbadian: 1 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 1 |

Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- GREDE FOUNDRIES INC. VASSAR FOUNDRY (700 EAST HURON AVENUE in VASSAR, MI)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
AIR MAJOR ("Best Available" air pollution technologies tracking)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
TSD (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
Business SIC classification: GRAY AND DUCTILE IRON FOUNDRIES
Business NAICS classification: IRON FOUNDRIES.; IRON FOUNDRIES.
Organizations: GREDE FOUNDRIES-VASSAR (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: GREDE FOUNDRIES INC GREDE VASSAR, GREDE FOUNDRIES INC. VASSAR FNDY., GREDE FOUNDRIES-VASSAR, GREDE FOUNDRIES, INC., GREDE VASSAR INCORPORATED, GREDE-VASSAR FOUNDRY, GREDE VASSER FOUNDRY
- ASTECH INCORPORATED (5512 SCOTCH RD. in VASSAR, MI)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
Business SIC classification: STEEL FOUNDRIES
Organizations: ASTECH, INCORPORATED (CONTACT/OWNER)
, RICK WARK (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: ASTECH ALLOY STEEL TECHNOLOGY
- CENTRAL SCHOOL (220 ATHLETIC STREET in VASSAR, MI)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-00612
Organizations: VASSAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- MEANS INDUSTRIES INC VASSAR PLANT (872 E HURON AVE in VASSAR, MI)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
Business SIC classification: AUTOMOTIVE STAMPINGS
Organizations: VARLEN CORPORATION (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: MEANS IND., VASSAR PLANT
- AMOCO OIL CO 5060 (HURON RD AND GOODRICH ST in VASSAR, MI)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: AMOCO OIL COMPANY (CONTACT/OWNER)
- MI DEPT/TRANSPORTATION BRIDGE (M-15 OVER CASS RIVER in VASSAR, MI)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: MICH DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: MIDOT BRIDGE M-15 OVER CASS RIVER
- MI DEPT/TRANSPORTATION BRIDGE B01-79031 (M-15 OVER GOODINGS CREEK in VASSAR, MI)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: MICH DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: MIDOT BRIDGE M-15 OVER GOODINGS CREEK
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,148
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8973
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 337
- South: 478
- West: 97
64% of the 48768 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Michigan.
Population in 1990: 9,979. Population change in the 1990s: +120 (+1.2%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 269
| Here: | 22.5% | | Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 3.9% | | Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 47
| Here: | 12.0% | | Michigan: | 16.5% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Individual and Family Services (250-499 employees: 1 establishment, 50-99 employees: 1 establishment)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (50-99: 1, 10-19: 1)
- Construction: Finish Carpentry Contractors (50-99: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 2, 1-4: 4)
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 (Noninst.)
People in group quarters
- 287 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 8 people in other group homes
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Fatal accident statistics in 2006
- Fatal accident count: 2
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 3
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 2
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 3
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
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