Keene township, Ionia County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Keene township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Keene 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, 90% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1439
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 56
- South: 57
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
19 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
6 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 454
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 101
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,400
Housing units in Keene township with a mortgage: 173 (9 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Keene township:
- German (27.4%)
- United States or American (16.4%)
- Dutch (12.3%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- English (8.8%)
- Polish (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (42%)
- Germany (21%)
- Netherlands (13%)
- Poland (13%)
- Spain (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 681 (86%)
- Carpooled: 59 (7%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Worked at home: 38 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (10%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
19 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
6 people in other group homes
97.2% of residents of Keene township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,625- In family households: 1,534 (383 male householders, 43 female householders)
389 spouses, 628 children (561 natural, 12 adopted, 55 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 28 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 91 (49 male householders (38 living alone)), 28 female householders (25 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 26 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 129 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 109 4-persons, 66 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 63 1-person, 10 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
455 married couples with children.
51 single-parent households (18 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |