Eaton Rapids township, Eaton County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Eaton Rapids township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Eaton Rapids township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3347
- Northeast: 53
- Midwest: 259
- South: 133
- West: 78
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Eaton Rapids township, Michigan:
- 10 people in nursing homes
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 9 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,295
- One, attached: 7
- 3 or 4: 11
- Mobile homes: 62
Median worth of mobile homes: $64,800
Housing units in Eaton Rapids township with a mortgage: 693 (56 second mortgage, 157 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 135
- Construction (15%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eaton Rapids township:
- German (25.2%)
- United States or American (18.5%)
- English (15.1%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- Scottish (5.6%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (58%)
- Canada (42%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,781 (85%)
- Carpooled: 203 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 37 (2%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 57 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Utility gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Eaton Rapids township, Michigan:
- 10 people in nursing homes
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 9 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.2% of residents of Eaton Rapids township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,868- In family households: 3,578 (1,010 male householders, 132 female householders)
1,030 spouses, 1,279 children (1,133 natural, 21 adopted, 125 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 40 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 290 (145 male householders (89 living alone)), 90 female householders (90 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 35 (15 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 471 2-persons, 242 3-persons, 239 4-persons, 119 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 179 1-person, 49 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
871 married couples with children.
133 single-parent households (43 men, 90 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |