Wells township, Tuscola County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Wells township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Wells township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1697
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 63
- South: 82
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Wells township, Michigan:
- 191 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 512
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 169
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,400
Housing units in Wells township with a mortgage: 160 (10 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (24%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wells township:
- German (29.1%)
- Polish (16.9%)
- English (8.2%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (69%)
- Canada (31%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 658 (85%)
- Carpooled: 81 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Wells township, Michigan:
- 191 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in other group homes
97.2% of residents of Wells township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,690- In family households: 1,518 (388 male householders, 86 female householders)
399 spouses, 515 children (470 natural, 15 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 25 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 172 (87 male householders (76 living alone)), 61 female householders (56 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 217 (198 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 192 2-persons, 93 3-persons, 112 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 132 1-person, 11 2-persons, 5 4-persons,
350 married couples with children.
80 single-parent households (35 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 16.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |