Hinton township, Mecosta County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 35.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,035 (all rural)
| Males: 525 |  (50.7%) |
| Females: 510 |  (49.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,035 (881 owner occupied, 154 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Hinton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.7%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.7%
Median age of males: 37.0
Median age of females: 38.3
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Average household size: 2.78
| Hinton township: | 2.8 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.15
| Hinton township: | $40,452 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $525 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $108,328 (it was $86,400 in 2000)
| : | $108,328 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
| Population density: 29 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 29.2% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 29.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Hinton township include: Sylvester Community Church (A), Hinton Church (B), Brockway Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Altona Cemetery (1), Hinton Cemetery (2), Morton Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Brockway Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Sylvester Creek (A), Shinglebolt Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Hinton township: Altona Riverside Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
90% of Hinton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 45
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 22
- South: 0
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 63
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,700
Housing units in Hinton township with a mortgage: 7 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7
- Construction (15%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hinton township:
- Norwegian (55.6%)
- Lebanese (9.7%)
- English (9.7%)
- German (9.7%)
- Scandinavian (6.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 16 (100%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Other fuel (15%)
- Wood (13%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 72- In family households: 43 (18 male householders, 0 female householders)
20 spouses, 5 children (5 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 29 (6 male householders (6 living alone)), 23 female householders (23 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 11 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 29 1-person,
224 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (15 men, 21 women).