Chester township, Eaton County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (75% naturalized citizens)
Chester township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
78% of Chester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1537
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 117
- South: 53
- West: 27
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 613
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 3
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,000
Housing units in Chester township with a mortgage: 224 (14 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 88
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Public administration (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chester township:
- German (31.6%)
- United States or American (16.4%)
- English (15.4%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
- French Canadian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (25%)
- Malaysia (25%)
- Mexico (25%)
- Canada (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 712 (82%)
- Carpooled: 79 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 60 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Utility gas (4%)
94.1% of residents of Chester township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
5.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,778- In family households: 1,625 (471 male householders, 54 female householders)
466 spouses, 582 children (531 natural, 25 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 10 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 153 (47 male householders (37 living alone)), 83 female householders (73 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 239 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
390 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (28 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
Here: | 16.1% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 8.0% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here: | 1.4% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |