Cato township, Montcalm County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Cato township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Cato township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2579
- Northeast: 55
- Midwest: 132
- South: 134
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
45 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
14 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,021
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 52
- 10 to 19: 21
- 20 to 49: 19
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 134
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,300
Housing units in Cato township with a mortgage: 353 (5 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 226
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (15%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cato township:
- German (26.7%)
- United States or American (16.0%)
- English (12.7%)
- Danish (7.5%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- Polish (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (50%)
- Germany (30%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 964 (74%)
- Carpooled: 227 (17%)
- Walked: 50 (4%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 51 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
45 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
14 people in other group homes
96.1% of residents of Cato township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (34% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,931- In family households: 2,555 (639 male householders, 167 female householders)
681 spouses, 927 children (811 natural, 9 adopted, 107 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 26 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 376 (145 male householders (92 living alone)), 148 female householders (138 living alone)), 83 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 60 (44 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 364 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 154 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 230 1-person, 45 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
575 married couples with children.
190 single-parent households (49 men, 141 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |