Dover township, Otsego County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Dover township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Dover township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 550
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 28
- South: 19
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
3 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 252
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 27
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $83,300
Housing units in Dover township with a mortgage: 61 (9 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Construction (23%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dover township:
- Polish (25.3%)
- German (16.7%)
- United States or American (12.9%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- English (6.7%)
- French Canadian (3.6%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 217 (77%)
- Carpooled: 42 (15%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Wood (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Electricity (2%)
3 people in other group homes
98.0% of residents of Dover township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 614- In family households: 563 (156 male householders, 15 female householders)
149 spouses, 224 children (211 natural, 5 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 51 (30 male householders (25 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 49 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 4 2-persons, 1 5-persons,
151 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (15 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 21.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 45.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |