Allegan township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (95% naturalized citizens)
Allegan township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Allegan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3382
- Northeast: 42
- Midwest: 333
- South: 143
- West: 92
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Allegan township, Michigan:
- 19 people in other group homes
- 8 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,292
- One, attached: 29
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 402
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,500
Housing units in Allegan township with a mortgage: 643 (42 second mortgage, 72 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 258
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Chemicals (9%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Allegan township:
- German (20.9%)
- Dutch (12.7%)
- English (11.5%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- Italian (5.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (73%)
- Germany (18%)
- Jordan (5%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,652 (87%)
- Carpooled: 178 (9%)
- Walked: 23 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
People in group quarters in Allegan township, Michigan:
- 19 people in other group homes
- 8 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Allegan township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,021- In family households: 3,592 (958 male householders, 220 female householders)
947 spouses, 1,215 children (1,073 natural, 42 adopted, 100 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 11 other relatives, 96 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 429 (185 male householders (165 living alone)), 200 female householders (170 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 33 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 531 2-persons, 256 3-persons, 253 4-persons, 101 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 335 1-person, 50 2-persons,
726 married couples with children.
228 single-parent households (70 men, 158 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 3.9% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
Here: | 15.1% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |