Geneva township, Van Buren County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Geneva township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Geneva 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, 81% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2772
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 532
- South: 412
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Geneva township, Michigan:
- 74 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 914
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 14
- Mobile homes: 582
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,900
Housing units in Geneva township with a mortgage: 367 (47 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 158
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Geneva township:
- German (17.6%)
- English (8.3%)
- Polish (7.7%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- European (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (69%)
- Guatemala (10%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Poland (7%)
- Japan (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,565 (85%)
- Carpooled: 198 (11%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Utility gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Geneva township, Michigan:
- 74 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.4% of residents of Geneva township speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,867- In family households: 3,385 (767 male householders, 291 female householders)
802 spouses, 1,197 children (1,121 natural, 16 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 83 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 51 other relatives, 157 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 482 (203 male householders (176 living alone)), 175 female householders (136 living alone)), 104 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 82 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 437 2-persons, 220 3-persons, 210 4-persons, 124 5-persons, 44 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 312 1-person, 48 2-persons, 18 4-persons,
733 married couples with children.
279 single-parent households (81 men, 198 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
| Here: | 9.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |