Grant township, Oceana County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Grant township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2427
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 194
- South: 137
- West: 63
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
17 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
6 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 721
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 389
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,800
Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 274 (11 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:
- German (19.8%)
- United States or American (17.4%)
- Dutch (10.0%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- English (6.2%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Polish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (63%)
- Colombia (13%)
- France (6%)
- Russia (6%)
- Indonesia (5%)
- Italy (4%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,094 (85%)
- Carpooled: 120 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 46 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
17 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
6 people in other group homes
91.8% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
5.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,930- In family households: 2,675 (681 male householders, 163 female householders)
635 spouses, 984 children (855 natural, 39 adopted, 90 stepchildren), 55 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 34 other relatives, 116 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 255 (121 male householders (95 living alone)), 84 female householders (67 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 353 2-persons, 209 3-persons, 134 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 36 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
609 married couples with children.
207 single-parent households (75 men, 132 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |