Eureka township, Montcalm County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Eureka township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Eureka township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2918
- Northeast: 72
- Midwest: 189
- South: 64
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally ill
2 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,125
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 24
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 97
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,900
Housing units in Eureka township with a mortgage: 593 (26 second mortgage, 126 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 225
- Construction (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eureka township:
- German (22.7%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- Dutch (6.3%)
- Danish (5.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (52%)
- Korea (16%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Japan (6%)
- India (6%)
- Jamaica (6%)
- Other Northern Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,336 (80%)
- Carpooled: 231 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Walked: 23 (1%)
- Worked at home: 79 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (2%)
4 people in homes for the mentally ill
2 people in unknown juvenile institutions
95.8% of residents of Eureka township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 42% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,376- In family households: 3,107 (814 male householders, 169 female householders)
915 spouses, 1,037 children (964 natural, 23 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 30 other relatives, 100 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 269 (110 male householders (87 living alone)), 109 female householders (89 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 395 2-persons, 249 3-persons, 180 4-persons, 80 5-persons, 62 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 176 1-person, 38 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
713 married couples with children.
151 single-parent households (44 men, 107 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |