Watervliet township, Berrien County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (60% naturalized citizens)
Watervliet township: | 2.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Watervliet township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2428
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 384
- South: 327
- West: 59
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $129,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Watervliet township, Michigan:
- 44 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 25 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 4 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,129
- One, attached: 30
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 58
- 5 to 9: 37
- 10 to 19: 70
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 350
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,100
Housing units in Watervliet township with a mortgage: 414 (27 second mortgage, 63 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 216
- Construction (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Watervliet township:
- German (29.3%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- Italian (8.2%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- English (7.0%)
- Dutch (5.3%)
- Polish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (40%)
- Other Northern Africa (13%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Poland (11%)
- Russia (11%)
- Canada (11%)
- Bangladesh (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,274 (81%)
- Carpooled: 192 (12%)
- Railroad: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 34 (2%)
- Other means: 32 (2%)
- Worked at home: 34 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Watervliet township, Michigan:
- 44 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 25 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 4 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
94.6% of residents of Watervliet township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 19% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,280- In family households: 2,816 (687 male householders, 238 female householders)
735 spouses, 942 children (852 natural, 24 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 85 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 28 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 464 (202 male householders (172 living alone)), 207 female householders (187 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 66 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 429 2-persons, 192 3-persons, 197 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 359 1-person, 43 2-persons, 5 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
533 married couples with children.
224 single-parent households (58 men, 166 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
Here: | 9.2% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
Here: | 9.5% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
Here: | 26.9% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |