Muskegon township, Muskegon County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Muskegon township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Muskegon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15600
- Northeast: 222
- Midwest: 652
- South: 666
- West: 310
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Muskegon township, Michigan:
- 299 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in other group homes
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,982
- One, attached: 58
- Two: 81
- 3 or 4: 68
- 5 to 9: 213
- 10 to 19: 51
- 20 to 49: 38
- 50 or more: 360
- Mobile homes: 977
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,700
Housing units in Muskegon township with a mortgage: 2,918 (227 second mortgage, 342 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,361
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Muskegon township:
- German (20.5%)
- Dutch (12.5%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- English (8.7%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- French (except Basque) (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (21%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Canada (13%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Korea (8%)
- Costa Rica (6%)
- Yugoslavia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,165 (88%)
- Carpooled: 651 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 23 (0%)
- Bicycle: 24 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (1%)
- Other means: 61 (1%)
- Worked at home: 174 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (93%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Muskegon township, Michigan:
- 299 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in other group homes
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
97.1% of residents of Muskegon township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,354- In family households: 15,253 (3,504 male householders, 1,256 female householders)
3,698 spouses, 5,974 children (5,239 natural, 249 adopted, 486 stepchildren), 289 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 45 parents, 143 other relatives, 294 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,101 (688 male householders (536 living alone)), 1,105 female householders (980 living alone)), 308 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 337 (299 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,876 2-persons, 1,090 3-persons, 1,076 4-persons, 480 5-persons, 185 6-persons, 53 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,516 1-person, 231 2-persons, 46 3-persons,
3,274 married couples with children.
1,485 single-parent households (307 men, 1,178 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 159
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 175
| Here: | 26.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |