Forest Home township, Antrim County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 24.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 9.3 sq. mi.
Population: 1,858 (all rural)
Males: 907 | (48.8%) |
Females: 951 | (51.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,855 (1,705 owner occupied, 150 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 8% |
State: | 26% |
Races in Forest Home township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.4%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 45.1
Median age of females: 46.3
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Average household size: 2.35
Forest Home township: | 2.4 people |
Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.76
Forest Home township: | $46,332 |
Michigan: | $48,273 |
Here: | $525 |
State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $136,424 (it was $103,300 in 2000)
: | $136,424 |
Michigan: | $117,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $248,046
Here: $248,046 State: $159,597
Townhouses or other attached units: $345,145
Here: $345,145 State: $138,735
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $138,547
Here: $138,547 State: $110,373
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $335,781
Here: $335,781 State: $119,825
Mobile homes: $28,884
Here: $28,884 State: $33,033
Population density: 77 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 7.0% |
Whole state: | 10.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Forest Home township: Snowflake Camp (A), Camp Fairwood (B), Clam Lake School (C), Yacht Club Point (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Forest Home township include: Hope Lutheran of Bellaire (A), Saint Luke's Catholic Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Lakeview Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes: Clam Lake (A), Lake Bellaire (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
River: Intermediate River (A). Display/hide its location on the map
78% of Forest Home township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 331
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 36
- South: 2
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
3 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 118
- One, attached: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Forest Home township with a mortgage: 38 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (47%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Construction (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (42%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (35%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forest Home township:
- Dutch (49.2%)
- German (28.5%)
- Norwegian (8.7%)
- Swedish (6.4%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- Polish (0.8%)
- Danish (0.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 160 (77%)
- Carpooled: 18 (9%)
- Worked at home: 30 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Utility gas (4%)
3 people in other group homes
98.3% of residents of Forest Home township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 384- In family households: 355 (96 male householders, 3 female householders)
109 spouses, 146 children (143 natural, 3 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 29 (19 male householders (15 living alone)), 2 female householders (1 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 38 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person, 5 2-persons,
313 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (34 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
Here: | 53.4% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
Here: | 39.6% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |