Sand Beach township, Huron County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (91% naturalized citizens)
| Sand Beach township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
78% of Sand Beach township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1349
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 40
- South: 33
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 648
- 20 to 49: 12
- 50 or more: 50
- Mobile homes: 41
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $66,300
Housing units in Sand Beach township with a mortgage: 144 (4 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 156
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sand Beach township:
- German (51.3%)
- Polish (18.1%)
- English (6.1%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- French Canadian (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (27%)
- Vietnam (18%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Germany (14%)
- Philippines (14%)
- Dominican Republic (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 444 (75%)
- Carpooled: 62 (10%)
- Walked: 28 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 56 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Utility gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.1% of residents of Sand Beach township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,466- In family households: 1,317 (373 male householders, 37 female householders)
376 spouses, 476 children (448 natural, 8 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 149 (56 male householders (54 living alone)), 91 female householders (91 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 145 1-person, 2 2-persons,
360 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (6 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 78
| Here: | 38.8% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |