Odessa township, Ionia County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Odessa township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Odessa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3630
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 124
- South: 119
- West: 62
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,212
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 76
- 3 or 4: 37
- 5 to 9: 7
- 20 to 49: 40
- 50 or more: 42
- Mobile homes: 169
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,400
Housing units in Odessa township with a mortgage: 610 (66 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 241
- Construction (19%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Food and beverage stores (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (11%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Carpenters (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Odessa township:
- German (31.4%)
- United States or American (16.8%)
- English (14.6%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Dutch (5.9%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- French Canadian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (27%)
- Germany (20%)
- Laos (16%)
- Mexico (12%)
- Venezuela (8%)
- Poland (6%)
- Vietnam (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,377 (77%)
- Carpooled: 261 (15%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 70 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 70 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.7% of residents of Odessa township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,030- In family households: 3,582 (926 male householders, 175 female householders)
818 spouses, 1,416 children (1,254 natural, 28 adopted, 134 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 34 other relatives, 103 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 448 (133 male householders (77 living alone)), 263 female householders (263 living alone)), 52 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 464 2-persons, 220 3-persons, 231 4-persons, 121 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 340 1-person, 54 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
869 married couples with children.
267 single-parent households (79 men, 188 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 1.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 22.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |