Montague township, Muskegon County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Montague township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Montague township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1380
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 111
- South: 60
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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
32 people in other nonhousehold living situations
3 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 531
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 105
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Montague township with a mortgage: 222 (10 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Construction (19%)
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Montague township:
- German (24.7%)
- English (11.8%)
- Dutch (10.2%)
- United States or American (8.2%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Polish (6.1%)
- Swedish (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Argentina (36%)
- Australia (21%)
- Germany (14%)
- Korea (14%)
- Mexico (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 617 (84%)
- Carpooled: 83 (11%)
- Railroad: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 27 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
32 people in other nonhousehold living situations
3 people in homes for the mentally ill
96.8% of residents of Montague township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,600- In family households: 1,440 (380 male householders, 88 female householders)
378 spouses, 517 children (465 natural, 4 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 11 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 160 (70 male householders (48 living alone)), 61 female householders (57 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 198 2-persons, 117 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 105 1-person, 24 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
299 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (30 men, 54 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 12.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |