Wales township, St. Clair County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Wales township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Wales township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2641
- Northeast: 69
- Midwest: 65
- South: 128
- West: 10
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
23 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 951
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 14
- 10 to 19: 11
- Mobile homes: 66
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,800
Housing units in Wales township with a mortgage: 405 (34 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 125
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wales township:
- German (26.6%)
- Polish (14.7%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Italian (6.4%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (59%)
- Yugoslavia (12%)
- Korea (9%)
- Germany (5%)
- Italy (5%)
- Romania (5%)
- Brazil (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,182 (86%)
- Carpooled: 130 (9%)
- Walked: 17 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 39 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Utility gas (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (3%)
23 people in other group homes
97.3% of residents of Wales township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,963- In family households: 2,755 (732 male householders, 123 female householders)
763 spouses, 992 children (924 natural, 38 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 29 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 208 (105 male householders (87 living alone)), 70 female householders (63 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 345 2-persons, 167 3-persons, 201 4-persons, 92 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 16 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
677 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (26 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 18.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |