Vergennes township, Kent County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Vergennes township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Vergennes township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3095
- Northeast: 137
- Midwest: 211
- South: 128
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $215,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Vergennes township, Michigan:
- 18 people in religious group quarters
- 13 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,173
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 14
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Vergennes township with a mortgage: 671 (85 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Other direct selling establishments (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vergennes township:
- Dutch (20.7%)
- German (19.1%)
- Irish (12.4%)
- United States or American (10.9%)
- English (7.7%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (30%)
- Netherlands (15%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Canada (12%)
- Brazil (8%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Costa Rica (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,701 (90%)
- Carpooled: 64 (3%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 104 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Vergennes township, Michigan:
- 18 people in religious group quarters
- 13 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.7% of residents of Vergennes township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (21% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,731- In family households: 3,535 (912 male householders, 130 female householders)
922 spouses, 1,495 children (1,344 natural, 105 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 30 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 196 (78 male householders (53 living alone)), 56 female householders (37 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 46 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 360 2-persons, 224 3-persons, 271 4-persons, 97 5-persons, 74 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 90 1-person, 38 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
1,043 married couples with children.
106 single-parent households (41 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
| Here: | 7.6% |
| 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: 19
| Here: | 23.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |