Wise township, Isabella County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
Wise township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Wise township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1204
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 36
- South: 23
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 381
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 133
Median worth of mobile homes: $49,000
Housing units in Wise township with a mortgage: 108 (2 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57
- Construction (23%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wise township:
- German (31.8%)
- English (10.5%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- French (except Basque) (6.5%)
- Polish (4.4%)
- French Canadian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (55%)
- Indonesia (18%)
- Peru (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 488 (83%)
- Carpooled: 56 (10%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (3%)
- Worked at home: 27 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
94.3% of residents of Wise township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,305- In family households: 1,172 (292 male householders, 69 female householders)
297 spouses, 450 children (430 natural, 10 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 17 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 133 (60 male householders (40 living alone)), 43 female householders (41 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 142 2-persons, 77 3-persons, 75 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 17 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
272 married couples with children.
82 single-parent households (27 men, 55 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 13.0% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
Here: | 10.3% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |