Bedford township, Calhoun County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Bedford township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Bedford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7439
- Northeast: 159
- Midwest: 833
- South: 782
- West: 188
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Bedford township, Michigan:
- 84 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 78 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 43 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 40 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 21 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,177
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 45
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 13
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 530
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,200
Housing units in Bedford township with a mortgage: 1,639 (95 second mortgage, 270 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 755
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bedford township:
- German (18.7%)
- English (16.0%)
- United States or American (12.8%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Polish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (24%)
- Germany (16%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (8%)
- Colombia (7%)
- Other Eastern Africa (6%)
- Yugoslavia (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,743 (85%)
- Carpooled: 483 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 29 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 44 (1%)
- Worked at home: 115 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Bedford township, Michigan:
- 84 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 78 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 43 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 40 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 21 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.1% of residents of Bedford township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,350- In family households: 8,208 (2,015 male householders, 682 female householders)
2,161 spouses, 2,790 children (2,504 natural, 123 adopted, 163 stepchildren), 183 grandchildren, 68 brothers or sisters, 79 parents, 83 other relatives, 147 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,142 (439 male householders (353 living alone)), 545 female householders (492 living alone)), 158 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 265 (179 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,241 2-persons, 635 3-persons, 491 4-persons, 237 5-persons, 70 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 845 1-person, 112 2-persons, 27 3-persons,
1,498 married couples with children.
525 single-parent households (130 men, 395 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 92
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 101
| Here: | 22.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |