Richland township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (64% naturalized citizens)
Richland township: | 1.9% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
54% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4701
- Northeast: 174
- Midwest: 963
- South: 325
- West: 165
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $110,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
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
3 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,054
- One, attached: 97
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 205
- 10 to 19: 138
- 20 to 49: 20
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,400
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 1,234 (131 second mortgage, 253 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 374
- Construction (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- German (22.9%)
- Dutch (15.2%)
- English (12.9%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- United States or American (6.8%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- Polish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (37%)
- Netherlands (11%)
- Taiwan (10%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Korea (8%)
- Japan (7%)
- Iraq (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,795 (85%)
- Carpooled: 312 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Taxi: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 46 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 122 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (2%)
3 people in other group homes
97.0% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,486- In family households: 5,889 (1,582 male householders, 334 female householders)
1,648 spouses, 2,128 children (1,973 natural, 50 adopted, 105 stepchildren), 68 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 57 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 597 (239 male householders (169 living alone)), 252 female householders (233 living alone)), 106 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 835 2-persons, 402 3-persons, 402 4-persons, 231 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 402 1-person, 69 2-persons, 20 3-persons,
1,457 married couples with children.
348 single-parent households (85 men, 263 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
Here: | 4.0% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
Here: | 9.4% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 38
Here: | 13.4% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |