Austin township, Mecosta County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Austin township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Austin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1136
- Northeast: 50
- Midwest: 131
- South: 44
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 490
- Mobile homes: 175
Median worth of mobile homes: $49,600
Housing units in Austin township with a mortgage: 136 (12 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 72
- Construction (14%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bus drivers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Austin township:
- German (23.9%)
- English (15.9%)
- United States or American (13.0%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- Dutch (7.1%)
- Polish (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (77%)
- Philippines (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 383 (73%)
- Carpooled: 72 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (2%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 57 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
91.6% of residents of Austin township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
8.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (35% speak English very well, 62% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,384- In family households: 1,252 (313 male householders, 74 female householders)
339 spouses, 464 children (423 natural, 20 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 11 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 132 (53 male householders (42 living alone)), 58 female householders (54 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 176 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 96 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
317 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (12 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
| Here: | 16.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |