Gaines township, Genesee County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Gaines township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Gaines township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5454
- Northeast: 129
- Midwest: 414
- South: 328
- West: 104
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $110,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
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 homes for the mentally retarded
11 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,127
- One, attached: 30
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 24
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 120
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Gaines township with a mortgage: 1,195 (77 second mortgage, 203 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 326
- Construction (17%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gaines township:
- German (22.4%)
- English (14.8%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- Polish (4.5%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (59%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Korea (10%)
- Other Northern Europe (9%)
- Austria (9%)
- Philippines (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,094 (88%)
- Carpooled: 304 (9%)
- Walked: 12 (0%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 81 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
11 people in other group homes
96.0% of residents of Gaines township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,500- In family households: 5,925 (1,606 male householders, 227 female householders)
1,621 spouses, 2,193 children (2,008 natural, 75 adopted, 110 stepchildren), 107 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 40 other relatives, 109 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 575 (213 male householders (131 living alone)), 231 female householders (214 living alone)), 131 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 726 2-persons, 382 3-persons, 461 4-persons, 198 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 345 1-person, 67 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 19 4-persons,
1,384 married couples with children.
215 single-parent households (69 men, 146 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 59
| Here: | 10.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
| Here: | 11.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |