Blendon township, Ottawa County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 36.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 5,721 (25% urban, 75% rural)
Males: 2,906 | (50.8%) |
Females: 2,815 | (49.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 5,721 (5,175 owner occupied, 546 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 10% |
State: | 26% |
Races in Blendon township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.8%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 30.8
Median age of females: 30.9
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Average household size: 3.28
Blendon township: | 3.3 people |
Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.57
Blendon township: | $57,517 |
Michigan: | $48,273 |
Here: | $689 |
State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $150,000 (it was $128,800 in 2000)
: | $150,000 |
Michigan: | $117,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $203,895
Here: $203,895 State: $159,597
Townhouses or other attached units: $128,524
Here: $128,524 State: $138,735
In 2-unit structures: $56,862
Here: $56,862 State: $89,877
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $171,505
Here: $171,505 State: $110,373
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $96,546
Here: $96,546 State: $119,825
Mobile homes: $20,986
Here: $20,986 State: $33,033
Population density: 157 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 28.2% |
Whole state: | 10.5% |
This township: | 22.5% |
Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Blendon township: Blendon Township Fire Department Tyler Street Station (A), Blendon Township Fire Department 96th Avenue Station (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Blendon township include: North Blendon Reformed Church (A), South Blendon Church (B), Saint John Church (C), Bauer Seventh-Day Adventist Church (D), Bauer Christian Reformed Church (E), Bauer Community Fellowship Church (F), Beaverdam Christian Church (G), Borculo Christian Church (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Borculo Cemetery (1), Blendon Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Blendon township: Jacobus Klanderman Homestead Historical Marker (1). Display/hide its location on the map
62% of Blendon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 266
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 6
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $15,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.4%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 41
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,500
Housing units in Blendon township with a mortgage: 4 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blendon township:
- German (51.3%)
- United States or American (14.4%)
- Belgian (11.8%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- Norwegian (2.6%)
- French Canadian (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 66 (71%)
- Carpooled: 4 (4%)
- Walked: 10 (11%)
- Worked at home: 13 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
60.6% of residents of Blendon township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
37.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (19% speak English very well, 59% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 272- In family households: 263 (54 male householders, 2 female householders)
58 spouses, 136 children (132 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 9 (5 male householders (3 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 17 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5 1-person, 2 2-persons,
1,733 married couples with children.
116 single-parent households (25 men, 91 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 2
Here: | 40.0% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |