Prairieville township, Barry County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Prairieville township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Prairieville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2558
- Northeast: 103
- Midwest: 185
- South: 186
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
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
13 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,362
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,000
Housing units in Prairieville township with a mortgage: 572 (37 second mortgage, 88 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 219
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Paper (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other financial specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairieville township:
- German (19.0%)
- Dutch (18.3%)
- United States or American (14.8%)
- English (13.4%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Polish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (56%)
- Turkey (44%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,340 (85%)
- Carpooled: 112 (7%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 107 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
13 people in other group homes
98.2% of residents of Prairieville township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,162- In family households: 2,774 (834 male householders, 112 female householders)
775 spouses, 929 children (802 natural, 100 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 32 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 8 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 388 (172 male householders (126 living alone)), 120 female householders (103 living alone)), 96 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 445 2-persons, 202 3-persons, 174 4-persons, 81 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 229 1-person, 50 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
585 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (40 men, 84 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |