Spencer township, Kent County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Spencer township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Spencer 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, 82% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3347
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 205
- South: 132
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
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
48 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
15 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,181
- Two: 23
- Mobile homes: 441
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,200
Housing units in Spencer township with a mortgage: 470 (25 second mortgage, 88 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 150
- Construction (19%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spencer township:
- German (24.4%)
- Dutch (14.4%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- Danish (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (53%)
- Philippines (28%)
- Korea (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,453 (81%)
- Carpooled: 272 (15%)
- Walked: 9 (0%)
- Other means: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (6%)
48 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
15 people in other group homes
95.2% of residents of Spencer township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,687- In family households: 3,335 (918 male householders, 165 female householders)
922 spouses, 1,121 children (1,008 natural, 40 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 96 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 352 (147 male householders (107 living alone)), 146 female householders (130 living alone)), 59 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 61 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 510 2-persons, 199 3-persons, 217 4-persons, 92 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 237 1-person, 56 2-persons,
709 married couples with children.
191 single-parent households (70 men, 121 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 3.3% |
| 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: 23
| Here: | 16.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |