Orange township, Ionia County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Orange township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
76% of Orange township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 962
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 45
- South: 19
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 346
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 64
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,300
Housing units in Orange township with a mortgage: 101 (18 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (13%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Orange township:
- German (40.9%)
- English (12.5%)
- United States or American (10.2%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Dutch (5.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Swedish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 443 (81%)
- Carpooled: 35 (6%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.0% of residents of Orange township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,059- In family households: 971 (260 male householders, 34 female householders)
258 spouses, 369 children (340 natural, 6 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 12 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 88 (49 male householders (40 living alone)), 25 female householders (22 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 109 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 87 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
242 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (18 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 10.2% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 9.8% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 21.7% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |