Martin township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Martin township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Martin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2174
- Northeast: 52
- Midwest: 105
- South: 89
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $94,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Martin township, Michigan:
- 16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 752
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 126
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,300
Housing units in Martin township with a mortgage: 348 (14 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 147
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Paper (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Martin township:
- Dutch (27.9%)
- German (14.9%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- French (except Basque) (5.0%)
- Polish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (47%)
- Netherlands (23%)
- Korea (16%)
- Canada (11%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,034 (83%)
- Carpooled: 111 (9%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 59 (5%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Utility gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Martin township, Michigan:
- 16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
95.2% of residents of Martin township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,510- In family households: 2,278 (581 male householders, 115 female householders)
619 spouses, 851 children (774 natural, 12 adopted, 65 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 24 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 232 (115 male householders (104 living alone)), 88 female householders (74 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 26 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 288 2-persons, 130 3-persons, 129 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 178 1-person, 23 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
564 married couples with children.
113 single-parent households (39 men, 74 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
| Here: | 18.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 15.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 21.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |