Plymouth township, Wayne County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Plymouth township: | 6.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Plymouth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% 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: 20511
- Northeast: 1101
- Midwest: 2415
- South: 1379
- West: 378
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $315,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Plymouth township, Michigan:
- 932 people in state prisons
- 20 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 4 people in other workers' dormitories
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,529
- One, attached: 893
- Two: 47
- 3 or 4: 273
- 5 to 9: 793
- 10 to 19: 426
- 50 or more: 266
- Mobile homes: 758
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,400
Housing units in Plymouth township with a mortgage: 6,166 (338 second mortgage, 1,063 home equity loan, 47 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,699
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Construction (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Engineers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plymouth township:
- German (17.7%)
- Polish (13.8%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- English (9.5%)
- Italian (7.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (13%)
- Canada (12%)
- Germany (10%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Other Eastern Europe (9%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- Poland (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,500 (91%)
- Carpooled: 664 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (0%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 90 (1%)
- Other means: 38 (0%)
- Worked at home: 425 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Plymouth township, Michigan:
- 932 people in state prisons
- 20 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 4 people in other workers' dormitories
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
91.9% of residents of Plymouth township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 5% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 26,690- In family households: 23,281 (6,666 male householders, 1,042 female householders)
6,950 spouses, 7,881 children (7,363 natural, 170 adopted, 348 stepchildren), 223 grandchildren, 53 brothers or sisters, 99 parents, 219 other relatives, 148 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,409 (1,277 male householders (1,035 living alone)), 1,694 female householders (1,542 living alone)), 438 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 960 (922 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,459 2-persons, 1,689 3-persons, 1,669 4-persons, 670 5-persons, 175 6-persons, 46 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,577 1-person, 371 2-persons, 23 4-persons,
5,434 married couples with children.
630 single-parent households (150 men, 480 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 611
| Here: | 21.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 324
| Here: | 21.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 196
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |