Coloma charter township, Berrien County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Coloma charter township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Coloma charter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3515
- Northeast: 158
- Midwest: 936
- South: 363
- West: 88
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Coloma charter township, Michigan:
- 38 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 15 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,966
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 110
- 3 or 4: 123
- 5 to 9: 93
- 10 to 19: 12
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 278
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Coloma charter township with a mortgage: 809 (70 second mortgage, 142 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 493
- Construction (15%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Coloma charter township:
- German (24.5%)
- United States or American (15.3%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (9.9%)
- Italian (7.3%)
- Polish (4.2%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (40%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Vietnam (12%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Germany (10%)
- Other South Central Asia (7%)
- Hungary (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,275 (88%)
- Carpooled: 174 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 54 (2%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
People in group quarters in Coloma charter township, Michigan:
- 38 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 15 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.2% of residents of Coloma charter township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (21% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 52% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,128- In family households: 4,455 (1,243 male householders, 286 female householders)
1,269 spouses, 1,419 children (1,347 natural, 34 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 68 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 22 other relatives, 93 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 673 (298 male householders (240 living alone)), 297 female householders (287 living alone)), 78 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 65 (17 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 709 2-persons, 387 3-persons, 300 4-persons, 108 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 527 1-person, 57 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
860 married couples with children.
249 single-parent households (43 men, 206 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 124
| Here: | 23.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |