Home township, Newaygo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 35.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 261 (all rural)
| Males: 138 |  (52.9%) |
| Females: 123 |  (47.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 261 (212 owner occupied, 49 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Home township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 93.9%
- Black: 0.4%
- Asian: 1.9%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
- Some other race: 0.4%
Median age of males: 38.1
Median age of females: 37.3
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Average household size: 2.61
| Home township: | 2.6 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.00
| Home township: | $44,289 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $507 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $100,507 (it was $84,800 in 2000)
| : | $100,507 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Jackson Corners (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Whipple Cemetery (1), Curtice Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Toman Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Pease Creek (A), McDuffee Creek (B), Whipple Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
64% of Home township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 216
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 24
- South: 20
- West: 10
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 142
- Mobile homes: 63
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Home township with a mortgage: 14 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Leather and allied products (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Religious workers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Home township:
- German (19.8%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- English (11.5%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
- French Canadian (4.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 83 (78%)
- Carpooled: 8 (8%)
- Walked: 3 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (5%)
- Worked at home: 7 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Wood (17%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (2%)
96.6% of residents of Home township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 272- In family households: 249 (68 male householders, 10 female householders)
77 spouses, 87 children (78 natural, 2 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 23 (15 male householders (11 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 34 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 13 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 15 1-person, 4 2-persons,
58 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (0 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 25.7% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |