Saugatuck township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (65% naturalized citizens)
Saugatuck township: | 2.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
52% of Saugatuck township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2252
- Northeast: 123
- Midwest: 779
- South: 222
- West: 78
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $198,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 1.7% of all households
People in group quarters in Saugatuck township, Michigan:
- 82 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 10 people in other workers' dormitories
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,448
- One, attached: 142
- Two: 52
- 3 or 4: 101
- 5 to 9: 40
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 296
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Saugatuck township with a mortgage: 561 (47 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 230
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Saugatuck township:
- German (18.6%)
- Dutch (17.3%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (42%)
- Netherlands (18%)
- Bolivia (10%)
- Canada (8%)
- Other Northern Europe (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Other Western Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,533 (82%)
- Carpooled: 134 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 170 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Saugatuck township, Michigan:
- 82 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 10 people in other workers' dormitories
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.7% of residents of Saugatuck township speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,433- In family households: 2,658 (742 male householders, 210 female householders)
764 spouses, 806 children (741 natural, 13 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 18 other relatives, 92 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 775 (342 male householders (268 living alone)), 304 female householders (280 living alone)), 129 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 125 (85 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 516 2-persons, 207 3-persons, 148 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 548 1-person, 89 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 1 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
528 married couples with children.
164 single-parent households (36 men, 128 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here: | 7.5% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 0.8% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
Here: | 9.5% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |