Sparta township, Kent County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Sparta township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Sparta township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7829
- Northeast: 116
- Midwest: 422
- South: 276
- West: 115
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Sparta township, Michigan:
- 37 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 33 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,183
- One, attached: 62
- Two: 193
- 3 or 4: 90
- 5 to 9: 95
- 10 to 19: 117
- 20 to 49: 101
- 50 or more: 21
- Mobile homes: 587
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,600
Housing units in Sparta township with a mortgage: 1,177 (105 second mortgage, 220 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 459
- Construction (13%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sparta township:
- German (23.3%)
- Dutch (13.9%)
- United States or American (10.6%)
- English (10.3%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- Polish (8.2%)
- French Canadian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (52%)
- Germany (19%)
- Korea (18%)
- Hong Kong (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,702 (85%)
- Carpooled: 460 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 69 (2%)
- Other means: 25 (1%)
- Worked at home: 99 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Sparta township, Michigan:
- 37 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 33 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
95.9% of residents of Sparta township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,848- In family households: 7,773 (1,936 male householders, 478 female householders)
1,957 spouses, 3,040 children (2,887 natural, 86 adopted, 67 stepchildren), 113 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 42 other relatives, 180 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,075 (319 male householders (227 living alone)), 578 female householders (520 living alone)), 178 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 90 (9 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 965 2-persons, 545 3-persons, 500 4-persons, 260 5-persons, 113 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 747 1-person, 124 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
1,879 married couples with children.
571 single-parent households (125 men, 446 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 104
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 78
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |