Bloomer township, Montcalm County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (89% naturalized citizens)
| Bloomer township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
53% of Bloomer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2446
- Northeast: 79
- Midwest: 160
- South: 230
- West: 96
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
1,597 people in state prisons
10 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 422
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 89
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,000
Housing units in Bloomer township with a mortgage: 107 (2 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Public administration (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bloomer township:
- German (18.5%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- English (7.3%)
- African (7.1%)
- Italian (2.5%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Lebanon (27%)
- Cuba (24%)
- Canada (22%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Germany (5%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 432 (71%)
- Carpooled: 108 (18%)
- Walked: 31 (5%)
- Worked at home: 34 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (4%)
1,597 people in state prisons
10 people in other group homes
86.7% of residents of Bloomer township speak English at home.
6.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
2.2% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,464- In family households: 1,364 (337 male householders, 71 female householders)
344 spouses, 544 children (502 natural, 9 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 9 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 100 (49 male householders (40 living alone)), 38 female householders (38 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,604 (1,599 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 164 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 78 1-person, 6 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
356 married couples with children.
81 single-parent households (22 men, 59 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 65
| Here: | 28.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 34.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |