Pipestone township, Berrien County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (23% naturalized citizens)
| Pipestone township: | 6.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Pipestone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1780
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 252
- South: 199
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $128,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Pipestone township, Michigan:
- 137 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 37 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 816
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 53
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,400
Housing units in Pipestone township with a mortgage: 275 (16 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pipestone township:
- German (33.1%)
- United States or American (16.0%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- English (5.6%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (68%)
- Canada (16%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Ireland (3%)
- Honduras (2%)
- United Kingdom (1%)
- Germany (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 890 (76%)
- Carpooled: 157 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 77 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Wood (5%)
- Solar energy (1%)
People in group quarters in Pipestone township, Michigan:
- 137 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 37 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
87.7% of residents of Pipestone township speak English at home.
10.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 32% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,286- In family households: 2,078 (531 male householders, 128 female householders)
525 spouses, 740 children (700 natural, 8 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 30 other relatives, 64 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 208 (84 male householders (77 living alone)), 100 female householders (89 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 188 (40 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 298 2-persons, 141 3-persons, 133 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 166 1-person, 16 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
423 married couples with children.
127 single-parent households (35 men, 92 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 70
| Here: | 22.7% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
| Here: | 16.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |