Wilcox township, Newaygo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Wilcox township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Wilcox township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 918
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 54
- South: 91
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 320
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 244
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,100
Housing units in Wilcox township with a mortgage: 57 (4 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Construction (25%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wilcox township:
- German (20.3%)
- United States or American (15.3%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- English (7.8%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Dutch (6.5%)
- Italian (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (25%)
- Netherlands (25%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Other Northern Europe (17%)
- Canada (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 329 (79%)
- Carpooled: 67 (16%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 8 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Electricity (1%)
94.7% of residents of Wilcox township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,126- In family households: 1,001 (260 male householders, 53 female householders)
217 spouses, 379 children (310 natural, 10 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 17 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 125 (66 male householders (50 living alone)), 32 female householders (28 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 117 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 78 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
237 married couples with children.
95 single-parent households (42 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |