Leighton township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Leighton township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Leighton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3321
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 149
- South: 67
- West: 44
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,209
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 42
- 5 to 9: 23
- Mobile homes: 95
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,200
Housing units in Leighton township with a mortgage: 540 (97 second mortgage, 81 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 229
- Transportation equipment (24%)
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Leighton township:
- Dutch (35.4%)
- German (14.3%)
- United States or American (14.1%)
- English (8.0%)
- Italian (7.4%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Polish (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (39%)
- United Kingdom (19%)
- Canada (19%)
- Mexico (13%)
- Cambodia (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,501 (83%)
- Carpooled: 173 (10%)
- Walked: 21 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 103 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (4%)
97.9% of residents of Leighton township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,668- In family households: 3,402 (892 male householders, 137 female householders)
923 spouses, 1,369 children (1,285 natural, 4 adopted, 80 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 13 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 266 (124 male householders (102 living alone)), 100 female householders (85 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 404 2-persons, 171 3-persons, 226 4-persons, 158 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 187 1-person, 30 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
931 married couples with children.
134 single-parent households (36 men, 98 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 87
| Here: | 19.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |