Big Rapids township, Mecosta County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Big Rapids township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Big Rapids township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2776
- Northeast: 53
- Midwest: 283
- South: 76
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
99 people in nursing homes
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 908
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 24
- 10 to 19: 46
- 20 to 49: 18
- 50 or more: 14
- Mobile homes: 251
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,700
Housing units in Big Rapids township with a mortgage: 420 (38 second mortgage, 79 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 193
- Educational services (22%)
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Educational services (32%)
- Health care (16%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Big Rapids township:
- German (23.3%)
- English (14.9%)
- United States or American (10.9%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- Dutch (4.8%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- Italian (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Lebanon (22%)
- Other South Central Asia (20%)
- Korea (14%)
- Iran (13%)
- Other Eastern Europe (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- Germany (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,320 (81%)
- Carpooled: 199 (12%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 89 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99 people in nursing homes
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.2% of residents of Big Rapids township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,277- In family households: 2,688 (724 male householders, 125 female householders)
775 spouses, 992 children (891 natural, 76 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 12 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 589 (223 male householders (132 living alone)), 187 female householders (139 living alone)), 179 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 123 (105 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 401 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 180 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 271 1-person, 107 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 15 4-persons,
580 married couples with children.
129 single-parent households (36 men, 93 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 46
| Here: | 12.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 0.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |