Galien township, Berrien County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Galien township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Galien township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 12% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 803
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 588
- South: 108
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
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
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 591
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Galien township with a mortgage: 239 (22 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119
- Machinery (15%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Galien township:
- German (32.9%)
- United States or American (20.5%)
- English (8.8%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Italian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (39%)
- Italy (21%)
- Pakistan (15%)
- Other Northern Europe (12%)
- Germany (6%)
- Korea (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 693 (84%)
- Carpooled: 76 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Railroad: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (32%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood (7%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.7% of residents of Galien township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,605- In family households: 1,396 (364 male householders, 86 female householders)
363 spouses, 482 children (449 natural, 11 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 21 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 209 (97 male householders (81 living alone)), 75 female householders (60 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 188 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 76 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 141 1-person, 25 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
252 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (30 men, 73 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 12.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 17.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |