Irving township, Barry County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (88% naturalized citizens)
| Irving township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Irving township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% 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: 2329
- Northeast: 51
- Midwest: 164
- South: 76
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 835
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 77
Median worth of mobile homes: $102,600
Housing units in Irving township with a mortgage: 366 (28 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 113
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Carpenters (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Irving township:
- German (25.0%)
- Dutch (17.4%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- English (10.6%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- Polish (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (38%)
- Korea (38%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,128 (88%)
- Carpooled: 85 (7%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.6% of residents of Irving township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,701- In family households: 2,504 (674 male householders, 77 female householders)
657 spouses, 1,013 children (880 natural, 40 adopted, 93 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 6 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 197 (84 male householders (58 living alone)), 71 female householders (61 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 261 2-persons, 149 3-persons, 200 4-persons, 88 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 33 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
681 married couples with children.
121 single-parent households (59 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 26.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |