Egelston township, Muskegon County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Egelston township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Egelston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8312
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 370
- South: 401
- West: 215
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $64,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
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
12 people in nursing homes
8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,476
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 49
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 1,072
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Egelston township with a mortgage: 1,386 (124 second mortgage, 153 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 534
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Egelston township:
- German (20.8%)
- United States or American (14.5%)
- Dutch (11.7%)
- English (8.1%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- French (except Basque) (6.2%)
- Polish (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (29%)
- Germany (21%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (13%)
- Philippines (12%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Netherlands (10%)
- Vietnam (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,134 (87%)
- Carpooled: 423 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (1%)
- Other means: 34 (1%)
- Worked at home: 113 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
12 people in nursing homes
8 people in other group homes
97.4% of residents of Egelston township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,509- In family households: 8,406 (2,056 male householders, 567 female householders)
2,113 spouses, 3,163 children (2,977 natural, 62 adopted, 124 stepchildren), 69 grandchildren, 46 brothers or sisters, 59 parents, 101 other relatives, 232 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,103 (385 male householders (292 living alone)), 469 female householders (393 living alone)), 249 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (12 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 985 2-persons, 586 3-persons, 591 4-persons, 301 5-persons, 123 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 685 1-person, 126 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 13 4-persons,
1,865 married couples with children.
677 single-parent households (185 men, 492 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 98
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 76
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |