Pennfield charter township, Calhoun County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Pennfield charter township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Pennfield charter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7007
- Northeast: 164
- Midwest: 814
- South: 597
- West: 224
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $107,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Pennfield charter township, Michigan:
- 8 people in other group homes
- 7 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,994
- One, attached: 35
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 111
- 5 to 9: 118
- 10 to 19: 198
- 20 to 49: 178
- 50 or more: 20
- Mobile homes: 51
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $71,700
Housing units in Pennfield charter township with a mortgage: 1,594 (105 second mortgage, 214 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 758
- Construction (18%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pennfield charter township:
- German (21.6%)
- United States or American (14.7%)
- English (14.7%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Dutch (4.7%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- Polish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (20%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (18%)
- Germany (17%)
- Poland (14%)
- Japan (7%)
- Spain (6%)
- Korea (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,506 (84%)
- Carpooled: 455 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 46 (1%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 44 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 116 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Pennfield charter township, Michigan:
- 8 people in other group homes
- 7 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
96.6% of residents of Pennfield charter township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,932- In family households: 7,697 (1,990 male householders, 484 female householders)
1,997 spouses, 2,722 children (2,421 natural, 52 adopted, 249 stepchildren), 153 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 34 parents, 63 other relatives, 217 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,235 (499 male householders (374 living alone)), 523 female householders (467 living alone)), 213 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,028 2-persons, 569 3-persons, 574 4-persons, 198 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 55 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 841 1-person, 139 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 4 6-persons,
1,595 married couples with children.
458 single-parent households (129 men, 329 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 100
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 55
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37
| Here: | 10.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |