Laketown township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 21.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 5,561 (48% urban, 52% rural)
| Males: 2,781 |  (50.0%) |
| Females: 2,780 |  (50.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 5,537 (4,949 owner occupied, 588 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 11% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Laketown township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.2%
- Black: 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.8%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 3.7%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 38.9
Median age of females: 39.1
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Average household size: 2.66
| Laketown township: | 2.7 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Laketown township: | $56,077 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $606 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $140,100 (it was $111,300 in 2000)
| : | $140,100 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
| Population density: 257 people per square mile | (high). |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Laketown township: Camp Halcyon (A), Eureka Park (B), Ridgewood Beach (C), Shore Acres (D), Saugatuck Rest Area (E), Laketown Golf and Conference Center (F), Graafschap Fire Department (G), Michigan Dunes State Correctional Facility (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Laketown township include: Park Christian Reformed Church (A), Gibson Christian Reformed Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Gibson Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes: Kelly Lake (A), Goshorn Lake (B), Gilligan Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Halfway Creek (A), Kelly Lake Drain (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Laketown township include: Saugatuck Dunes State Park (1), Laketown Park (2), Wolters Woods Park (3), Laketown Township Hall Historical Marker (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
91% of Laketown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 30
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 0
- South: 0
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 17
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Laketown township with a mortgage: 2 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Laketown township:
- Norwegian (53.1%)
- German (43.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 17 (65%)
- Carpooled: 3 (12%)
- Walked: 4 (15%)
- Worked at home: 2 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Other fuel (13%)
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.8% of residents of Laketown township speak English at home.
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 32- In family households: 29 (9 male householders, 2 female householders)
13 spouses, 5 children (5 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 3 female householders (3 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 9 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3 1-person,
1,304 married couples with children.
137 single-parent households (41 men, 96 women).
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |