Wayland township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Wayland township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Wayland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2646
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 206
- South: 105
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
12 people in other workers' dormitories
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 891
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 17
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 236
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Wayland township with a mortgage: 384 (30 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Construction (17%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wayland township:
- German (23.8%)
- Dutch (22.2%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- English (8.0%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (29%)
- Other Western Asia (29%)
- Ireland (24%)
- Other Northern Europe (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,323 (83%)
- Carpooled: 210 (13%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 56 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
12 people in other workers' dormitories
95.0% of residents of Wayland township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,018- In family households: 2,734 (693 male householders, 154 female householders)
731 spouses, 973 children (911 natural, 2 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 36 other relatives, 99 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 284 (136 male householders (85 living alone)), 78 female householders (78 living alone)), 70 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 29 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 310 2-persons, 207 3-persons, 197 4-persons, 91 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 163 1-person, 36 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
695 married couples with children.
149 single-parent households (62 men, 87 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 8.1% |
| 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: 25
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |