Fruitland township, Muskegon County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Fruitland township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Fruitland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4394
- Northeast: 100
- Midwest: 343
- South: 123
- West: 135
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,144
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 24
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,600
Housing units in Fruitland township with a mortgage: 772 (70 second mortgage, 112 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 371
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fruitland township:
- German (19.4%)
- United States or American (10.9%)
- Dutch (10.1%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Swedish (7.1%)
- English (6.7%)
- Polish (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (19%)
- Ukraine (14%)
- Other Northern Europe (12%)
- Canada (12%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Hungary (11%)
- Australia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,344 (86%)
- Carpooled: 281 (10%)
- Walked: 24 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (4%)
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.5% of residents of Fruitland township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 39% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,244- In family households: 4,801 (1,288 male householders, 239 female householders)
1,345 spouses, 1,739 children (1,533 natural, 64 adopted, 142 stepchildren), 56 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 25 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 443 (177 male householders (138 living alone)), 182 female householders (139 living alone)), 84 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 608 2-persons, 326 3-persons, 378 4-persons, 156 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 277 1-person, 82 2-persons,
1,215 married couples with children.
224 single-parent households (62 men, 162 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |