Wheatland township, Mecosta County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
Wheatland township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Wheatland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1337
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 90
- South: 60
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
6 people in other group homes
2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 480
- Two: 2
- 10 to 19: 40
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 128
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,000
Housing units in Wheatland township with a mortgage: 119 (2 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 83
- Construction (12%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Leather and allied products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wheatland township:
- German (45.1%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- English (10.6%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- French Canadian (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Other Northern Europe (25%)
- Turkey (25%)
- Canada (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 550 (80%)
- Carpooled: 76 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (5%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 25 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
6 people in other group homes
2 people in religious group quarters
97.4% of residents of Wheatland township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,530- In family households: 1,327 (356 male householders, 61 female householders)
348 spouses, 496 children (449 natural, 25 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 4 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 203 (72 male householders (58 living alone)), 95 female householders (83 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 64 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 141 1-person, 20 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
307 married couples with children.
81 single-parent households (25 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
Here: | 18.1% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 3.4% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 3.6% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |