Charleston township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Charleston township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Charleston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1503
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 102
- South: 106
- West: 19
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 638
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 54
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,100
Housing units in Charleston township with a mortgage: 309 (32 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 128
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Food (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Charleston township:
- German (21.4%)
- United States or American (16.0%)
- English (13.4%)
- Dutch (11.1%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Polish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cuba (22%)
- Germany (19%)
- Costa Rica (16%)
- Netherlands (13%)
- India (13%)
- France (9%)
- Philippines (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 729 (85%)
- Carpooled: 82 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (1%)
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.4% of residents of Charleston township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,795- In family households: 1,633 (447 male householders, 98 female householders)
462 spouses, 525 children (468 natural, 25 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 12 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 162 (52 male householders (42 living alone)), 84 female householders (77 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 268 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
346 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (15 men, 59 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 13.7% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 23.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |