Castleton township, Barry County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Castleton township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Castleton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2931
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 235
- South: 170
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,011
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 29
- 10 to 19: 26
- 20 to 49: 21
- Mobile homes: 318
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,800
Housing units in Castleton township with a mortgage: 464 (48 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 149
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Castleton township:
- German (21.3%)
- English (17.8%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- United States or American (10.5%)
- Dutch (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
- Italian (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (42%)
- Germany (13%)
- Spain (13%)
- Other Western Asia (13%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- India (6%)
- Dominican Republic (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,325 (84%)
- Carpooled: 141 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 48 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 50 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.0% of residents of Castleton township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,451- In family households: 3,044 (777 male householders, 210 female householders)
737 spouses, 1,073 children (990 natural, 11 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 30 other relatives, 158 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 407 (155 male householders (112 living alone)), 200 female householders (190 living alone)), 52 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 453 2-persons, 240 3-persons, 159 4-persons, 96 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 302 1-person, 51 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
597 married couples with children.
284 single-parent households (102 men, 182 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |