Orleans township, Ionia County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Orleans township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Orleans township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2467
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 114
- South: 110
- West: 15
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 10.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
6 people in other group homes
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 827
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 329
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,800
Housing units in Orleans township with a mortgage: 302 (46 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Orleans township:
- German (23.7%)
- United States or American (21.0%)
- English (13.7%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,041 (86%)
- Carpooled: 141 (12%)
- Walked: 3 (0%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 25 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
6 people in other group homes
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.1% of residents of Orleans township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,735- In family households: 2,457 (599 male householders, 144 female householders)
594 spouses, 906 children (810 natural, 15 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 63 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 49 other relatives, 80 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 278 (117 male householders (70 living alone)), 105 female householders (97 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 273 2-persons, 187 3-persons, 136 4-persons, 110 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 167 1-person, 52 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
543 married couples with children.
168 single-parent households (70 men, 98 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |