Arcada township, Gratiot County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 32.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 1,708 (14% urban, 86% rural)
| Males: 848 |  (49.6%) |
| Females: 860 |  (50.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,703 (1,484 owner occupied, 219 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Arcada township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 93.7%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 39.0
Median age of females: 39.8
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Average household size: 2.60
| Arcada township: | 2.6 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.01
| Arcada township: | $41,664 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $437 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $83,611 (it was $75,900 in 2000)
| : | $83,611 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
| Population density: 52 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 7.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Pine River Country Club (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Arcada township: Ely Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Bailey Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Honeyoey Creek (A), Coles Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
70% of Arcada township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1492
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 117
- South: 49
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $106,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 632
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 13
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 53
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,000
Housing units in Arcada township with a mortgage: 287 (24 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 150
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Arcada township:
- German (24.5%)
- United States or American (20.5%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- Polish (4.2%)
- French Canadian (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 722 (85%)
- Carpooled: 86 (10%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Worked at home: 28 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.6% of residents of Arcada township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 35% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,741- In family households: 1,563 (446 male householders, 70 female householders)
451 spouses, 539 children (527 natural, 6 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 7 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 178 (82 male householders (64 living alone)), 71 female householders (65 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 237 2-persons, 106 3-persons, 87 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 129 1-person, 19 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
354 married couples with children.
73 single-parent households (18 men, 55 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 35.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |