Thomas township, Saginaw County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Thomas township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Thomas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10280
- Northeast: 230
- Midwest: 597
- South: 407
- West: 119
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $179,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Thomas township, Michigan:
- 106 people in nursing homes
- 60 people in halfway houses
- 10 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 3 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,588
- One, attached: 140
- Two: 124
- 3 or 4: 43
- 5 to 9: 118
- 10 to 19: 135
- 20 to 49: 64
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 480
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,400
Housing units in Thomas township with a mortgage: 2,284 (186 second mortgage, 358 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 948
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Thomas township:
- German (37.3%)
- Polish (8.8%)
- English (8.3%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- Italian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (17%)
- Canada (17%)
- Korea (13%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
- Pakistan (7%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Iraq (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,394 (91%)
- Carpooled: 305 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (0%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 209 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Thomas township, Michigan:
- 106 people in nursing homes
- 60 people in halfway houses
- 10 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 3 people in other group homes
96.7% of residents of Thomas township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,692- In family households: 10,502 (2,884 male householders, 610 female householders)
2,939 spouses, 3,624 children (3,378 natural, 86 adopted, 160 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 63 brothers or sisters, 67 parents, 71 other relatives, 180 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,190 (426 male householders (351 living alone)), 614 female householders (571 living alone)), 150 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 185 (182 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,691 2-persons, 685 3-persons, 762 4-persons, 271 5-persons, 68 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 922 1-person, 91 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 16 4-persons,
2,274 married couples with children.
412 single-parent households (70 men, 342 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 213
| Here: | 15.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 58
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |