Spring Lake township, Ottawa County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Spring Lake township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
54% of Spring Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10057
- Northeast: 456
- Midwest: 1415
- South: 558
- West: 285
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $133,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Spring Lake township, Michigan:
- 236 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 3 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,863
- One, attached: 241
- Two: 298
- 3 or 4: 216
- 5 to 9: 133
- 10 to 19: 199
- 20 to 49: 184
- 50 or more: 168
- Mobile homes: 440
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,500
Housing units in Spring Lake township with a mortgage: 2,483 (221 second mortgage, 490 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 863
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spring Lake township:
- Dutch (20.7%)
- German (19.0%)
- English (10.7%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (21%)
- Mexico (17%)
- Canada (12%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Germany (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Guatemala (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,849 (87%)
- Carpooled: 457 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 32 (0%)
- Bicycle: 18 (0%)
- Walked: 65 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (0%)
- Worked at home: 251 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Spring Lake township, Michigan:
- 236 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 3 people in other group homes
96.6% of residents of Spring Lake township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,897- In family households: 11,071 (3,133 male householders, 533 female householders)
3,276 spouses, 3,887 children (3,522 natural, 134 adopted, 231 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 57 other relatives, 105 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,826 (658 male householders (519 living alone)), 913 female householders (835 living alone)), 255 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 249 (246 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,662 2-persons, 786 3-persons, 793 4-persons, 320 5-persons, 84 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,354 1-person, 193 2-persons, 24 3-persons,
2,619 married couples with children.
601 single-parent households (177 men, 424 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 206
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 84
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |