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Backus township, Roscommon County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)

Backus township:

1.7%
Whole state:

5.3%

79% of Backus township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Michigan.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 307
  • Northeast: 10
  • Midwest: 13
  • South: 14
  • West: 4

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Backus township, MI map Backus township, Michigan satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $64,000


Housing units in Backus township with a mortgage: 32 (0 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 38

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 2
  • 1995 to 1998: 23
  • 1990 to 1994: 30
  • 1980 to 1989: 48
  • 1970 to 1979: 60
  • 1960 to 1969: 59
  • 1950 to 1959: 34
  • 1940 to 1949: 27
  • 1939 or earlier: 8

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 2
  • 4 rooms: 16
  • 5 rooms: 40
  • 6 rooms: 38
  • 7 rooms: 20
  • 8 rooms: 2
  • 9 or more rooms: 12

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

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

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

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 2
  • 2 bedrooms: 39
  • 3 bedrooms: 74
  • 4 bedrooms: 13
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Backus township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 12
  • 3 bedrooms: 4
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

  • no vehicle: 7
  • 1 vehicle: 27
  • 2 vehicles: 61
  • 3 vehicles: 26
  • 4 vehicles: 4
  • 5 or more vehicles: 5

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

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 7
  • 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 (%):

  • Construction (17%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Transportation equipment (8%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Construction (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (14%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
  • Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
  • Social assistance (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Business operations specialists (8%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Cashiers (9%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
  • Financial managers (5%)
  • Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (5%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Backus township:

  • German (29.5%)
  • United States or American (18.9%)
  • Polish (8.3%)
  • English (7.5%)
  • Irish (6.3%)
  • French (except Basque) (4.7%)
  • Hungarian (4.3%)

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

  • Other Western Europe (67%)
  • Canada (33%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
  • Utility gas (39%)
  • Wood (12%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

96.7% of residents of Backus township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 354

Size of family households: 52 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 26 1-person, 15 2-persons,

76 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (4 men, 5 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here:

10.4%
Michigan:

11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here:

0.0%
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 Backus township:

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