Kalkaska township, Kalkaska County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (23% naturalized citizens)
Kalkaska township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
50% of Kalkaska township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% 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: 3944
- Northeast: 86
- Midwest: 372
- South: 261
- West: 89
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Kalkaska township, Michigan:
- 84 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 17 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 15 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,513
- One, attached: 29
- Two: 36
- 3 or 4: 22
- 5 to 9: 127
- 10 to 19: 45
- 20 to 49: 34
- 50 or more: 17
- Mobile homes: 358
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Kalkaska township with a mortgage: 624 (68 second mortgage, 98 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 356
- Construction (16%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Kalkaska township:
- German (26.6%)
- English (12.0%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- French Canadian (4.7%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (48%)
- Mexico (35%)
- Other Northern Europe (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,682 (75%)
- Carpooled: 359 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 20 (1%)
- Walked: 91 (4%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 76 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Kalkaska township, Michigan:
- 84 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 17 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 15 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.3% of residents of Kalkaska township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,658- In family households: 3,898 (982 male householders, 271 female householders)
937 spouses, 1,412 children (1,311 natural, 30 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 26 other relatives, 179 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 760 (307 male householders (259 living alone)), 308 female householders (256 living alone)), 145 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 162 (136 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 520 2-persons, 278 3-persons, 271 4-persons, 125 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 515 1-person, 69 2-persons, 31 3-persons,
789 married couples with children.
383 single-parent households (84 men, 299 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 1.4% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 0.8% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 5.0% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |