Valley township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (84% naturalized citizens)
| Valley township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
52% of Valley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1422
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 178
- South: 91
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $143,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
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
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 568
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 12
- Mobile homes: 189
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $59,400
Housing units in Valley township with a mortgage: 258 (20 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 110
- Construction (12%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Chemicals (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Valley township:
- German (19.7%)
- Dutch (19.6%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- United States or American (10.6%)
- English (6.9%)
- Polish (3.5%)
- Swedish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (34%)
- Other Eastern Europe (13%)
- Netherlands (11%)
- Cuba (11%)
- Germany (8%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Other Northern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 786 (85%)
- Carpooled: 95 (10%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (72%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.6% of residents of Valley township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,818- In family households: 1,618 (442 male householders, 91 female householders)
460 spouses, 512 children (432 natural, 12 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 19 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 200 (84 male householders (63 living alone)), 64 female householders (42 living alone)), 52 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 250 2-persons, 118 3-persons, 96 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 105 1-person, 35 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
346 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (16 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |