Pierson township, Montcalm County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Pierson township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Pierson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 17% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2555
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 117
- South: 70
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,064
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 12
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 239
Median worth of mobile homes: $72,400
Housing units in Pierson township with a mortgage: 370 (34 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 146
- Construction (13%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pierson township:
- German (22.2%)
- Dutch (14.3%)
- United States or American (13.4%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Polish (6.4%)
- Italian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (26%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (17%)
- Mexico (13%)
- Spain (9%)
- Other Eastern Europe (9%)
- Korea (9%)
- Other South Central Asia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,026 (76%)
- Carpooled: 254 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Utility gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.7% of residents of Pierson township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (41% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,854- In family households: 2,576 (703 male householders, 99 female householders)
664 spouses, 982 children (880 natural, 31 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 18 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 278 (110 male householders (83 living alone)), 108 female householders (86 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 317 2-persons, 179 3-persons, 171 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 169 1-person, 40 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
690 married couples with children.
116 single-parent households (46 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 26.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |