Reading township, Hillsdale County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Reading township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Reading township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1294
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 309
- South: 102
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
23 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 957
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 168
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,300
Housing units in Reading township with a mortgage: 253 (25 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 137
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Reading township:
- German (28.1%)
- English (18.1%)
- United States or American (13.8%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- French (except Basque) (5.2%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
- Polish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Canada (36%)
- Philippines (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 702 (86%)
- Carpooled: 58 (7%)
- Subway or elevated: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (7%)
23 people in other group homes
96.9% of residents of Reading township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,730- In family households: 1,506 (453 male householders, 63 female householders)
483 spouses, 449 children (386 natural, 22 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 13 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 224 (99 male householders (83 living alone)), 83 female householders (66 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 287 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 77 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 149 1-person, 28 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
338 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (22 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 21.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |