Alpena township, Alpena County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Alpena township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Alpena township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8786
- Northeast: 183
- Midwest: 398
- South: 217
- West: 133
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
People in group quarters in Alpena township, Michigan:
- 67 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 49 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,916
- One, attached: 62
- Two: 52
- 3 or 4: 102
- 5 to 9: 93
- 10 to 19: 58
- 20 to 49: 33
- 50 or more: 59
- Mobile homes: 355
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,300
Housing units in Alpena township with a mortgage: 1,610 (78 second mortgage, 111 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,116
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alpena township:
- Polish (25.9%)
- German (24.7%)
- French (except Basque) (8.5%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- English (5.7%)
- French Canadian (5.6%)
- Irish (5.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (25%)
- Germany (19%)
- India (12%)
- Bangladesh (12%)
- Syria (9%)
- Other Northern Europe (6%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,871 (87%)
- Carpooled: 340 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
- Bicycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 60 (1%)
- Other means: 27 (1%)
- Worked at home: 127 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
People in group quarters in Alpena township, Michigan:
- 67 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 49 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes for the physically handicapped
96.8% of residents of Alpena township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,637- In family households: 8,252 (2,452 male householders, 427 female householders)
2,416 spouses, 2,637 children (2,380 natural, 44 adopted, 213 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 53 other relatives, 172 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,385 (541 male householders (409 living alone)), 592 female householders (527 living alone)), 252 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 252 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,480 2-persons, 601 3-persons, 549 4-persons, 171 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 936 1-person, 159 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
1,638 married couples with children.
430 single-parent households (133 men, 297 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 168
| Here: | 17.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 79
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |