Atlas township, Genesee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Atlas township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Atlas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6268
- Northeast: 102
- Midwest: 351
- South: 259
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $99,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Atlas township, Michigan:
- 26 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 18 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 18 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 14 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,390
- One, attached: 56
- Two: 57
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 15
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,400
Housing units in Atlas township with a mortgage: 1,458 (121 second mortgage, 263 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 314
- Transportation equipment (25%)
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Atlas township:
- German (20.0%)
- English (14.1%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- United States or American (10.6%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- French (except Basque) (5.8%)
- Italian (5.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (23%)
- Other Eastern Europe (23%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Canada (11%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Korea (7%)
- Brazil (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,337 (92%)
- Carpooled: 226 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (2%)
People in group quarters in Atlas township, Michigan:
- 26 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 18 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 18 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 14 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.5% of residents of Atlas township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 1% speak English well, 46% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,188- In family households: 6,762 (1,803 male householders, 254 female householders)
1,824 spouses, 2,650 children (2,401 natural, 97 adopted, 152 stepchildren), 66 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 38 other relatives, 88 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 426 (238 male householders (194 living alone)), 131 female householders (129 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 69 (19 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 759 2-persons, 440 3-persons, 543 4-persons, 266 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 323 1-person, 34 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
1,878 married couples with children.
205 single-parent households (79 men, 126 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 98
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |