Comstock township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (52% naturalized citizens)
Comstock township: | 2.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Comstock 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, 65% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10924
- Northeast: 288
- Midwest: 1305
- South: 651
- West: 223
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Comstock township, Michigan:
- 23 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 23 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in other workers' dormitories
- 8 people in other group homes
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,182
- One, attached: 111
- Two: 69
- 3 or 4: 182
- 5 to 9: 239
- 10 to 19: 215
- 20 to 49: 398
- 50 or more: 125
- Mobile homes: 70
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Comstock township with a mortgage: 2,568 (231 second mortgage, 424 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,030
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Paper (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Comstock township:
- German (18.3%)
- United States or American (14.4%)
- Dutch (13.3%)
- English (11.7%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- Italian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (16%)
- Germany (15%)
- Canada (7%)
- Korea (7%)
- Ethiopia (6%)
- Russia (6%)
- Netherlands (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,016 (86%)
- Carpooled: 702 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 78 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (0%)
- Worked at home: 200 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Comstock township, Michigan:
- 23 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 23 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in other workers' dormitories
- 8 people in other group homes
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
95.2% of residents of Comstock township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,753- In family households: 11,754 (2,864 male householders, 911 female householders)
3,080 spouses, 4,154 children (3,739 natural, 129 adopted, 286 stepchildren), 185 grandchildren, 47 brothers or sisters, 63 parents, 142 other relatives, 308 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,999 (783 male householders (620 living alone)), 841 female householders (702 living alone)), 375 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 69 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,633 2-persons, 819 3-persons, 850 4-persons, 337 5-persons, 69 6-persons, 67 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,322 1-person, 247 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
2,611 married couples with children.
786 single-parent households (216 men, 570 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 163
Here: | 9.3% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 92
Here: | 11.0% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 43
Here: | 6.8% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |