North Plains township, Ionia County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| North Plains township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of North Plains township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1222
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 71
- South: 34
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
14 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 371
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 112
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,600
Housing units in North Plains township with a mortgage: 128 (14 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Plains township:
- Irish (24.9%)
- German (22.8%)
- United States or American (17.8%)
- English (7.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
- French Canadian (2.3%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (79%)
- Canada (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 446 (75%)
- Carpooled: 100 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (2%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (3%)
- Worked at home: 23 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Utility gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
14 people in other group homes
96.7% of residents of North Plains township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well, 30% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,344- In family households: 1,198 (298 male householders, 54 female householders)
283 spouses, 447 children (392 natural, 17 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 10 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 146 (73 male householders (52 living alone)), 39 female householders (30 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 140 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 77 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 82 1-person, 26 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
274 married couples with children.
70 single-parent households (29 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |