Salem township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (9% naturalized citizens)
| Salem township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3221
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 121
- South: 63
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
4 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 922
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 13
- Mobile homes: 234
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,100
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 462 (18 second mortgage, 88 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 136
- Construction (18%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- Dutch (34.3%)
- German (23.2%)
- Polish (9.0%)
- United States or American (8.2%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- English (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (56%)
- United Kingdom (36%)
- Netherlands (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,482 (83%)
- Carpooled: 186 (10%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 49 (3%)
- Worked at home: 60 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Utility gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (1%)
4 people in other group homes
97.6% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 5% speak English not well, 27% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,480- In family households: 3,240 (833 male householders, 135 female householders)
875 spouses, 1,289 children (1,198 natural, 0 adopted, 91 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 36 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 240 (120 male householders (99 living alone)), 88 female householders (81 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 338 2-persons, 187 3-persons, 249 4-persons, 138 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 180 1-person, 24 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
979 married couples with children.
80 single-parent households (26 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 153
| Here: | 28.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 12.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |