Sherman township, Mason County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 933
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 96
- South: 42
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 422
- One, attached: 6
- Mobile homes: 94
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 98 (14 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Food (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (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 (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (24.4%)
- Polish (13.0%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (7.3%)
- United States or American (6.8%)
- Lithuanian (5.8%)
- Swedish (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (40%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Canada (20%)
- Brazil (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 439 (83%)
- Carpooled: 56 (11%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (14%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.9% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,110- In family households: 971 (278 male householders, 42 female householders)
279 spouses, 313 children (285 natural, 3 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 9 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 139 (71 male householders (55 living alone)), 46 female householders (43 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 149 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 98 1-person, 14 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
193 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (21 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 11.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |