Eaton township, Eaton County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Eaton township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Eaton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3693
- Northeast: 79
- Midwest: 236
- South: 198
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Eaton township, Michigan:
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 18 people in other group homes
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,311
- One, attached: 47
- Two: 7
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 236
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,900
Housing units in Eaton township with a mortgage: 720 (57 second mortgage, 105 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 205
- Transportation equipment (22%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eaton township:
- German (25.8%)
- United States or American (16.7%)
- English (15.9%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- French (except Basque) (5.2%)
- Dutch (4.6%)
- Scottish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Korea (29%)
- France (14%)
- Philippines (12%)
- Thailand (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,907 (83%)
- Carpooled: 260 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (1%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 96 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Eaton township, Michigan:
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 18 people in other group homes
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
99.0% of residents of Eaton township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,261- In family households: 3,934 (1,074 male householders, 202 female householders)
1,109 spouses, 1,377 children (1,229 natural, 50 adopted, 98 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 50 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 327 (111 male householders (95 living alone)), 142 female householders (116 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 45 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 513 2-persons, 317 3-persons, 287 4-persons, 100 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 211 1-person, 32 2-persons, 10 4-persons,
907 married couples with children.
180 single-parent households (62 men, 118 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 24.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |