Nelson township, Kent County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Nelson township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Nelson 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, 68% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3459
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 145
- South: 177
- West: 161
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Nelson township, Michigan:
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other group homes
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,106
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 4
- 10 to 19: 26
- 20 to 49: 33
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 292
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $79,800
Housing units in Nelson township with a mortgage: 495 (57 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 137
- Construction (13%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Construction laborers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nelson township:
- German (27.0%)
- Dutch (12.7%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- Polish (7.8%)
- English (7.5%)
- French (except Basque) (5.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guatemala (22%)
- Korea (20%)
- Sweden (11%)
- Polynesia (9%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Laos (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,497 (82%)
- Carpooled: 221 (12%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 47 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Utility gas (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
People in group quarters in Nelson township, Michigan:
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other group homes
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.2% of residents of Nelson township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,054- In family households: 3,630 (911 male householders, 160 female householders)
946 spouses, 1,424 children (1,230 natural, 31 adopted, 163 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 29 other relatives, 116 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 424 (205 male householders (163 living alone)), 117 female householders (91 living alone)), 102 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 44 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 366 2-persons, 242 3-persons, 254 4-persons, 137 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 254 1-person, 51 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
1,039 married couples with children.
202 single-parent households (62 men, 140 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 79
| Here: | 12.4% |
| 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: 6
| Here: | 11.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |