Polkton township, Ottawa County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Polkton township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Polkton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2028
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 92
- South: 63
- West: 30
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
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
People in group quarters in Polkton township, Michigan:
- 47 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in other group homes
- 3 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 705
- One, attached: 4
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 69
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Polkton township with a mortgage: 309 (34 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 116
- Construction (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polkton township:
- Dutch (42.4%)
- German (17.4%)
- English (6.6%)
- United States or American (6.6%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- Irish (3.7%)
- Swedish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (69%)
- Netherlands (15%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
- Cuba (6%)
- Romania (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 947 (84%)
- Carpooled: 80 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 25 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
People in group quarters in Polkton township, Michigan:
- 47 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in other group homes
- 3 people in homes for the physically handicapped
92.7% of residents of Polkton township speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,276- In family households: 2,141 (595 male householders, 60 female householders)
605 spouses, 809 children (776 natural, 11 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 5 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 135 (77 male householders (67 living alone)), 44 female householders (41 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 59 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 266 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 144 4-persons, 73 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 13 2-persons,
587 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (15 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 85
| Here: | 25.7% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |