Bingham township, Leelanau County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Bingham township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Bingham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1967
- Northeast: 70
- Midwest: 210
- South: 79
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
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
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,066
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 30
- 3 or 4: 31
- Mobile homes: 73
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Bingham township with a mortgage: 392 (33 second mortgage, 75 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 212
- Construction (17%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bingham township:
- German (23.6%)
- Polish (10.4%)
- English (10.0%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- French (except Basque) (7.0%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (45%)
- Canada (13%)
- Colombia (11%)
- Austria (6%)
- Japan (6%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Sweden (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 989 (81%)
- Carpooled: 106 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Worked at home: 92 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.8% of residents of Bingham township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,436- In family households: 2,194 (639 male householders, 109 female householders)
658 spouses, 723 children (659 natural, 31 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 10 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 242 (117 male householders (94 living alone)), 85 female householders (78 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 355 2-persons, 151 3-persons, 156 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 172 1-person, 24 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
481 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (22 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |