Hope township, Barry County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Hope township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Hope township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2641
- Northeast: 68
- Midwest: 268
- South: 197
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,336
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 299
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,100
Housing units in Hope township with a mortgage: 490 (56 second mortgage, 104 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 182
- Construction (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hope township:
- Dutch (18.9%)
- German (16.2%)
- English (15.0%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Polish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (31%)
- Other Northern Europe (29%)
- Canada (16%)
- Panama (13%)
- Mexico (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,284 (81%)
- Carpooled: 179 (11%)
- Bicycle: 14 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 72 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
97.7% of residents of Hope township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,271- In family households: 2,946 (782 male householders, 182 female householders)
806 spouses, 999 children (818 natural, 43 adopted, 138 stepchildren), 56 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 34 other relatives, 75 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 325 (141 male householders (104 living alone)), 141 female householders (141 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 473 2-persons, 155 3-persons, 184 4-persons, 117 5-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 245 1-person, 37 2-persons,
614 married couples with children.
154 single-parent households (61 men, 93 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |