Grattan township, Kent County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Grattan township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Grattan 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, 85% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3032
- Northeast: 58
- Midwest: 217
- South: 105
- West: 54
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $118,800
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: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Grattan township, Michigan:
- 47 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 18 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,341
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 73
Median worth of mobile homes: $83,000
Housing units in Grattan township with a mortgage: 667 (26 second mortgage, 99 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 190
- Construction (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grattan township:
- German (23.5%)
- Irish (13.5%)
- English (11.5%)
- Dutch (10.1%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (46%)
- United Kingdom (29%)
- Canada (8%)
- Germany (7%)
- Netherlands (7%)
- Korea (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,556 (84%)
- Carpooled: 217 (12%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 59 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (4%)
People in group quarters in Grattan township, Michigan:
- 47 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 18 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in unknown juvenile institutions
95.5% of residents of Grattan township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,472- In family households: 3,149 (783 male householders, 196 female householders)
877 spouses, 1,161 children (1,038 natural, 59 adopted, 64 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 22 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 323 (157 male householders (126 living alone)), 93 female householders (80 living alone)), 73 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 68 (9 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 400 2-persons, 207 3-persons, 211 4-persons, 106 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 206 1-person, 34 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
797 married couples with children.
125 single-parent households (55 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 110
| Here: | 23.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 12.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |