Bliss township, Emmet County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Bliss township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Bliss township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 482
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 46
- South: 20
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 283
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 62
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,900
Housing units in Bliss township with a mortgage: 42 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Construction (30%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Other direct selling establishments (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bliss township:
- German (29.7%)
- Irish (18.2%)
- United States or American (9.7%)
- English (7.4%)
- Polish (4.9%)
- Scottish (3.8%)
- Swedish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (61%)
- Germany (16%)
- Australia (16%)
- Poland (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 172 (77%)
- Carpooled: 21 (9%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 25 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (59%)
- Wood (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Electricity (2%)
94.5% of residents of Bliss township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
2.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 598- In family households: 528 (141 male householders, 26 female householders)
153 spouses, 203 children (190 natural, 4 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 70 (34 male householders (30 living alone)), 28 female householders (26 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 76 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 6 2-persons,
108 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (3 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 19.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 17.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |