Marion township, Osceola County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (61% naturalized citizens)
Marion township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Marion 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, 82% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1372
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 84
- South: 48
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.5%
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
8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 543
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 12
- 5 to 9: 10
- 10 to 19: 24
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 135
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 141 (7 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 130
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (19.4%)
- English (15.4%)
- United States or American (13.5%)
- Dutch (9.7%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (56%)
- Australia (17%)
- Canada (17%)
- Romania (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 487 (73%)
- Carpooled: 96 (14%)
- Walked: 40 (6%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 38 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
8 people in other group homes
95.7% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,544- In family households: 1,302 (339 male householders, 89 female householders)
332 spouses, 440 children (379 natural, 16 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 242 (105 male householders (85 living alone)), 102 female householders (93 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 192 2-persons, 102 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 178 1-person, 25 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
265 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (41 men, 94 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
Here: | 7.3% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 4.1% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 21.4% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |