Wright township, Ottawa County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Wright township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Wright township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3033
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 109
- South: 64
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
108 people in nursing homes
82 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 995
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 16
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 45
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,000
Housing units in Wright township with a mortgage: 448 (12 second mortgage, 75 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 222
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wright township:
- German (31.0%)
- Dutch (24.3%)
- Polish (8.9%)
- English (8.3%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- United States or American (4.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (39%)
- Korea (22%)
- Poland (10%)
- Canada (10%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Netherlands (6%)
- Mexico (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,358 (88%)
- Carpooled: 86 (6%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 29 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Utility gas (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
108 people in nursing homes
82 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
94.1% of residents of Wright township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,090- In family households: 2,862 (743 male householders, 101 female householders)
741 spouses, 1,162 children (1,030 natural, 49 adopted, 83 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 20 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 228 (125 male householders (100 living alone)), 77 female householders (77 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 208 (98 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 321 2-persons, 180 3-persons, 166 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 177 1-person, 18 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
803 married couples with children.
100 single-parent households (32 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 89
| Here: | 17.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 54
| Here: | 31.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |