Rives township, Jackson County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Rives township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Rives township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4115
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 248
- South: 138
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
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 Rives township, Michigan:
- 12 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,247
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 14
- Mobile homes: 485
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,300
Housing units in Rives township with a mortgage: 554 (39 second mortgage, 60 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 268
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rives township:
- German (20.4%)
- United States or American (16.8%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- Polish (8.7%)
- French (except Basque) (5.2%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (29%)
- Canada (26%)
- Taiwan (24%)
- Germany (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,987 (85%)
- Carpooled: 268 (11%)
- Other means: 39 (2%)
- Worked at home: 54 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Utility gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Rives township, Michigan:
- 12 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in other group homes
95.3% of residents of Rives township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,628- In family households: 4,217 (1,101 male householders, 245 female householders)
1,164 spouses, 1,606 children (1,357 natural, 52 adopted, 197 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 12 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 411 (130 male householders (95 living alone)), 184 female householders (146 living alone)), 97 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 567 2-persons, 273 3-persons, 306 4-persons, 140 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 241 1-person, 60 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 7 5-persons,
961 married couples with children.
273 single-parent households (58 men, 215 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
| Here: | 4.2% |
| 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: 25
| Here: | 16.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |