Marengo township, Calhoun County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 35.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 2,131 (14% urban, 86% rural)
| Males: 1,054 |  (49.5%) |
| Females: 1,077 |  (50.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,131 (1,923 owner occupied, 208 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Marengo township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.1%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.7%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 37.3
Median age of females: 37.7
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Average household size: 2.71
| Marengo township: | 2.7 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.04
| Marengo township: | $44,520 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $546 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $95,300 (it was $81,300 in 2000)
| : | $95,300 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
| Population density: 61 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 15.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Marengo township: Marshall Rest Area (A), Marengo Station (B), Marengo Township Fire Department (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Marengo township include: Partello Road Church (A), United Pentecostal Church (B), Marshall Church of Christ (C), Rice Creek Community Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Marengo Village Cemetery (1), Marengo Memorial Cemetery (2), Johnson Cemetery (3), Townsend Cemetery (4), Saint Marys Cemetery (5), Sampson Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Chapin Lake (A), Buckhorn Lake (B), Rothrick Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: South Branch Rice Creek (A), Wilder Creek (B), North Branch Rice Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Marengo township: Marengo Pioneer Cemetery Historical Marker (1). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Marengo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% 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: 1368
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 22
- South: 58
- West: 22
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 569
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 8
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 157
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Marengo township with a mortgage: 167 (6 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 157
- Transportation equipment (25%)
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Health care (15%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other financial specialists (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marengo township:
- German (20.4%)
- United States or American (17.2%)
- Irish (15.6%)
- English (13.0%)
- Italian (6.3%)
- Polish (4.0%)
- Hungarian (3.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 489 (89%)
- Carpooled: 44 (8%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 14 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
97.6% of residents of Marengo township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,480- In family households: 1,299 (324 male householders, 105 female householders)
340 spouses, 443 children (414 natural, 2 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 181 (72 male householders (56 living alone)), 71 female householders (54 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 201 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 30 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
423 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (31 men, 58 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |