Byron township, Kent County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Byron township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
53% of Byron township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14897
- Northeast: 353
- Midwest: 1103
- South: 329
- West: 351
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $206,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Byron township, Michigan:
- 39 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,521
- One, attached: 778
- Two: 134
- 3 or 4: 183
- 5 to 9: 275
- 10 to 19: 214
- 20 to 49: 255
- 50 or more: 16
- Mobile homes: 1,363
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,400
Housing units in Byron township with a mortgage: 2,596 (222 second mortgage, 364 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 922
- Construction (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Byron township:
- Dutch (42.7%)
- German (14.8%)
- English (6.0%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (24%)
- Korea (14%)
- Cuba (10%)
- Canada (9%)
- Dominican Republic (5%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Poland (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,665 (87%)
- Carpooled: 666 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 30 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 32 (0%)
- Walked: 103 (1%)
- Other means: 53 (1%)
- Worked at home: 236 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Byron township, Michigan:
- 39 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other group homes
95.7% of residents of Byron township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,549- In family households: 15,437 (3,981 male householders, 806 female householders)
3,902 spouses, 5,979 children (5,507 natural, 124 adopted, 348 stepchildren), 153 grandchildren, 105 brothers or sisters, 74 parents, 63 other relatives, 374 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,112 (779 male householders (574 living alone)), 917 female householders (799 living alone)), 416 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,976 2-persons, 915 3-persons, 1,045 4-persons, 545 5-persons, 248 6-persons, 58 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,373 1-person, 287 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
4,015 married couples with children.
823 single-parent households (181 men, 642 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 625
| Here: | 26.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 224
| Here: | 21.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 130
| Here: | 25.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |