Colfax township, Mecosta County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Colfax township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Colfax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1620
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 173
- South: 78
- West: 51
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $178,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
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: 666
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 128
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,600
Housing units in Colfax township with a mortgage: 258 (23 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 117
- Educational services (15%)
- Construction (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (28%)
- Health care (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colfax township:
- German (25.6%)
- English (10.5%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- Polish (6.4%)
- Dutch (5.1%)
- Danish (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Jordan (59%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Germany (12%)
- Other Northern Europe (9%)
- Canada (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 810 (85%)
- Carpooled: 86 (9%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 44 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (4%)
96.9% of residents of Colfax township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,014- In family households: 1,736 (423 male householders, 120 female householders)
454 spouses, 617 children (567 natural, 11 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 29 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 278 (84 male householders (62 living alone)), 105 female householders (73 living alone)), 89 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 239 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 135 1-person, 34 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 14 6-persons,
421 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (20 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 54
| Here: | 20.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 5.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |