Covert township, Van Buren County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (23% naturalized citizens)
| Covert township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Covert township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1513
- Northeast: 50
- Midwest: 610
- South: 638
- West: 76
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Covert township, Michigan:
- 23 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,210
- One, attached: 29
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 5
- 20 to 49: 29
- Mobile homes: 376
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,900
Housing units in Covert township with a mortgage: 257 (8 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 128
- Construction (21%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Utilities (8%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Covert township:
- German (9.9%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- English (3.5%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- Jamaican (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (93%)
- Poland (4%)
- Australia (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 751 (71%)
- Carpooled: 224 (21%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Other means: 26 (2%)
- Worked at home: 42 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Covert township, Michigan:
- 23 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
83.0% of residents of Covert township speak English at home.
15.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,105- In family households: 2,706 (503 male householders, 274 female householders)
500 spouses, 1,034 children (906 natural, 60 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 161 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 105 other relatives, 83 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 399 (166 male householders (159 living alone)), 181 female householders (146 living alone)), 52 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 36 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 268 2-persons, 175 3-persons, 165 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 55 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 305 1-person, 40 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
499 married couples with children.
283 single-parent households (57 men, 226 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |