Decatur township, Van Buren County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Decatur township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Decatur township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2865
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 592
- South: 254
- West: 73
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Decatur township, Michigan:
- 22 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 17 people in other group homes
- 10 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,224
- One, attached: 23
- Two: 50
- 3 or 4: 22
- 5 to 9: 72
- 10 to 19: 13
- 20 to 49: 12
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 179
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,700
Housing units in Decatur township with a mortgage: 477 (31 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 262
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Decatur township:
- German (20.2%)
- United States or American (16.6%)
- Dutch (9.8%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- English (6.6%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- Italian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (47%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (14%)
- Germany (13%)
- India (8%)
- Guatemala (6%)
- Netherlands (3%)
- Other Northern Africa (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,459 (84%)
- Carpooled: 219 (13%)
- Walked: 24 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (2%)
People in group quarters in Decatur township, Michigan:
- 22 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 17 people in other group homes
- 10 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.3% of residents of Decatur township speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,861- In family households: 3,296 (737 male householders, 305 female householders)
753 spouses, 1,211 children (1,094 natural, 31 adopted, 86 stepchildren), 57 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 14 other relatives, 148 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 565 (251 male householders (189 living alone)), 196 female householders (174 living alone)), 118 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 63 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 416 2-persons, 242 3-persons, 232 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 363 1-person, 66 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 2 5-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
659 married couples with children.
314 single-parent households (90 men, 224 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |