Ransom township, Hillsdale County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Ransom township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Ransom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 639
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 256
- South: 50
- West: 12
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Ransom township, Michigan:
- 15 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 288
- One, attached: 1
- Mobile homes: 56
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,800
Housing units in Ransom township with a mortgage: 60 (8 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ransom township:
- German (36.8%)
- United States or American (23.0%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- English (6.7%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Polish (4.2%)
- Hungarian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (60%)
- United Kingdom (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 340 (74%)
- Carpooled: 39 (8%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 65 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Ransom township, Michigan:
- 15 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.0% of residents of Ransom township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 960- In family households: 885 (238 male householders, 25 female householders)
229 spouses, 327 children (289 natural, 4 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 8 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (32 male householders (24 living alone)), 30 female householders (28 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 96 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 8 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
228 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (15 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 23.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |