Statistics and Facts of Bruce Township Michigan

Land area: 36.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.

Population: 8,158 (60% urban, 40% rural)
Males: 4,138 (50.7%)
Females: 4,020 (49.3%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 8,125 (7,632 owner occupied, 493 renter occupied)
% of renters here: 6%
State: 26%

Average household size: 2.90
Bruce township: 2.9 people
Michigan: 2.6 people

Average family size: 3.25

Estimated median household income in 2007: $69,237 ($65,469 in 1999)
This township: $69,237
Michigan: $47,950

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $488 (lower quartile is $329, upper quartile is $583)
Here: $488
State: $573

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $235,232 (it was $184,600 in 2000)
Bruce township: $235,232
Michigan: $153,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $182,716 - $368,748

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $330,088
Here: $330,088
State: $200,820

Townhouses or other attached units: $190,302
Here: $190,302
State: $181,134

In 2-unit structures: $139,123
Here: $139,123
State: $129,336

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $126,577
Here: $126,577
State: $151,605

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $19,297
Here: $19,297
State: $149,899

Mobile homes: $30,829
Here: $30,829
State: $39,606

Population density: 224 people per square mile (high)

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This township: 4.1%
Whole state: 10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This township: 0.7%
Whole state: 4.8%

Cities in this township include: Romeo

Number of foreign born residents: 311 (71% naturalized citizens)
Bruce township: 3.8%
State: 5.3%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 6756
Northeast: 182
Midwest: 423
South: 323
West: 96

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500

Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 2,274
One, attached: 87
Two: 15
3 or 4: 64
5 to 9: 12
10 to 19: 7
20 to 49: 16

Mobile homes: 421
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000

Housing units in Bruce township with a mortgage: 1,534 (69 second mortgage, 327 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 329

Most common first ancestries reported in Bruce township:
German (23.2%)
Polish (15.0%)
Irish (11.6%)
Italian (10.0%)
United States or American (5.9%)
English (5.8%)
French Canadian (3.3%)

Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 3,520 (87%)
Carpooled: 281 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 17 (0%)
Taxi: 14 (0%)
Walked: 66 (2%)
Worked at home: 130 (3%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 109
Here: 9.2%
Michigan: 11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
Here: 5.4%
Michigan: 8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
Here: 11.8%
Michigan: 16.5%