Gaines township, Kent County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Gaines township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
51% of Gaines township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15953
- Northeast: 331
- Midwest: 1676
- South: 697
- West: 442
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $196,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Gaines township, Michigan:
- 103 people in other group homes
- 87 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 49 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 35 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 23 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 20 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in halfway houses
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,973
- One, attached: 261
- Two: 157
- 3 or 4: 107
- 5 to 9: 365
- 10 to 19: 787
- 20 to 49: 504
- 50 or more: 91
- Mobile homes: 1,510
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,300
Housing units in Gaines township with a mortgage: 2,635 (279 second mortgage, 497 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 788
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Therapists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gaines township:
- Dutch (33.5%)
- German (13.9%)
- English (8.4%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (18%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (16%)
- Korea (10%)
- Vietnam (8%)
- Other Eastern Africa (8%)
- Mexico (6%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 9,075 (87%)
- Carpooled: 796 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 119 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 46 (0%)
- Other means: 31 (0%)
- Worked at home: 381 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Gaines township, Michigan:
- 103 people in other group homes
- 87 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 49 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 35 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 23 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 20 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in halfway houses
93.3% of residents of Gaines township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (16% speak English very well, 54% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,711- In family households: 16,930 (4,242 male householders, 1,055 female householders)
4,270 spouses, 6,563 children (6,161 natural, 116 adopted, 286 stepchildren), 132 grandchildren, 125 brothers or sisters, 101 parents, 126 other relatives, 316 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,781 (1,100 male householders (775 living alone)), 1,093 female householders (931 living alone)), 588 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 343 (89 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,275 2-persons, 1,087 3-persons, 1,089 4-persons, 595 5-persons, 145 6-persons, 106 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,706 1-person, 402 2-persons, 56 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 18 6-persons,
4,340 married couples with children.
1,115 single-parent households (241 men, 874 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 667
| Here: | 25.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 418
| Here: | 31.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 162
| Here: | 23.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |