Grant, Michigan

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Population (year 2000): 881. Estimated population in July 2006: 877 (-0.5% change)

Males: 408	(46.3%)
Females: 473	(53.7%)

Newaygo County

Median resident age:	32.4 years
Michigan median age:	35.5 years

Zip codes: 49327.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $30,800 (it was $30,972 in 2000)

Grant	$30,800
Michigan:	$46,039

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $100,900 (it was $77,700 in 2000)

Grant	$100,900
Michigan:	$149,300

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Races in Grant:

White Non-Hispanic (88.1%)
Hispanic (10.3%)
Two or more races (2.3%)
Other race (2.0%)
American Indian (0.8%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Ancestries: United States (16.5%), German (14.0%), Dutch (13.7%), English (8.4%), Irish (7.7%), French (4.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 835 feet

Land area: 0.65 square miles.

Population density: 1353 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Grant

High school or higher: 77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.4%
Unemployed: 8.2%
Mean travel time to work: 28.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Grant city

Never married: 15.0%
Now married: 55.4%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 12.9%
Divorced: 15.0%

51 residents are foreign born (5.8% Latin America).

This city:	5.8%
Michigan:	5.3%

According to our research there were 26 registered sex offenders living in Grant, Michigan in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Grant to the number of sex offenders is 34 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Grant:	1.6% ($1,232)
Michigan:	1.3% ($1,461)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Grand Rapids, MI (28.0 miles , pop. 197,800).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (148.7 miles , pop. 596,974).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (164.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Newaygo, MI (5.7 miles ), Casnovia, MI (7.2 miles ), Kent City, MI (9.0 miles ), Fremont, MI (13.1 miles ), Ravenna, MI (13.7 miles ), Sparta, MI (14.1 miles ), White Cloud, MI (15.1 miles ), Cedar Springs, MI (19.4 miles ).

Latitude: 43.34 N, Longitude: 85.81 W

34 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
9 people in homes for the mentally ill

Area code: 231

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Population change in the 1990s: +97 (+12.4%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (15%)
Metal and metal products (11%)
Machinery (7%)
Transportation equipment (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
Educational services (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (26%)
Educational services (17%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
Metal and metal products (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Engineers (4%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (11%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)

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Crime in Grant by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004
Murders	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	1	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	112.5	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	3	0	2	4
per 100,000	338.6	0.0	225.0	450.5
Burglaries	6	4	5	23
per 100,000	677.2	448.9	562.4	2590.1
Thefts	23	24	15	28
per 100,000	2595.9	2693.6	1687.3	3153.2
Auto thefts	0	0	0	4
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	450.5
Arson	0	0	0	1
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	112.6
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 162.0)	219.0	139.2	241.8	433.6

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 1 (1 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	1.13
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Grant, Michigan

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Grant-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Michigan state average. It is 14% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1956, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 36.4 miles away from the Grant city center killed 18 people and injured 340 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 23.1 miles away from the city center killed 5 people and injured 142 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Grant:

GERBER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; FREMONT, MI)
LIFECARE HOSPITALS OF WESTERN MICHIGAN (about 28 miles; MUSKEGON, MI)
MARY FREE BED HOSPTIAL (about 28 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Grant:

MUSKEGON COUNTY (about 32 miles; MUSKEGON, MI; ID: MKG)
GERALD R. FORD INTERNATIONAL (about 39 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; ID: GRR)
KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL (about 78 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; ID: AZO)

Other public-use airports nearest to Grant:

GRANT (about 4 miles; GRANT, MI; ID: 01C)
WILDERNESS AIRPARK (about 11 miles; KENT CITY, MI; ID: 24M)
FREMONT MUNI (about 14 miles; FREMONT, MI; ID: 3FM)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Grant:

GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 27 miles; ALLENDALE, MI; Full-time enrollment: 15,124)
MUSKEGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 28 miles; MUSKEGON, MI; FT enrollment: 2,365)
GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 28 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 7,590)
AQUINAS COLLEGE (about 30 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 2,022)
CALVIN COLLEGE (about 34 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 4,148)
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; BIG RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 8,593)
HOPE COLLEGE (about 45 miles; HOLLAND, MI; FT enrollment: 2,918)

Public high school in Grant:

GRANT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 705; Location: 331 E. STATE STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)

Public elementary/middle schools in Grant:

GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 738; Location: 96 E. 120TH STREET; Grades: 05 - 08)
GRANT PRIMARY CENTER (Students: 430; Location: 12085 S. ELDER STREET; Grades: KG - 02)
GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 419; Location: 160 E. STATE STREET; Grades: 02 - 04)

Private elementary/middle school in Grant:

GRANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 86; Location: 12931 POPLAR AVENUE; Grades: PK - 8)

Library in Grant:

GRANT AREA DISTRICT LIBRARY (Operating income: $67,897; Location: 51 SOUTH FRONT STREET; 39,919 books; 2,500 audio materials; 1,075 video materials; 56 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:

Grant Area District Library: 122 S. Elder St., 231 834-5713 www.grantlibrary.net
The new libray is now on Elder St. across from the Grant Primary Center.

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Grant and their reported violations in the past:

GRANT (Population served: 885, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

WM BOLTHOUSE FARMS #1 (Population served: 375, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-1998 and SEP-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from OCT-08-1998 to OCT-30-1998), St Compliance achieved (DEC-18-1998)

Past monitoring violations:

3 routine major monitoring violations

One regular monitoring violation

VANSINGEL FARMS (Population served: 100, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

3 routine major monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

NORTHLAND CHURCH OF CHRIST (Population served: 100, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

2 routine major monitoring violations

VEG CUTS, INC. - 62-0035 (Population served: 64, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

2 routine major monitoring violations

VEG PRO INC., CAMP (Population served: 48, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-03-2004), St Unresolved (JAN-14-2005)

NORTHERN PHYS THERAPY SRVCS (Population served: 35, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-1999 and DEC-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (FEB-09-1999), St Tech Assistance Visit (FEB-09-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-09-1999), St Unresolved (MAR-31-1999), St Compliance achieved (NOV-02-1999)

Past monitoring violations:

One regular monitoring violation

JERKY'S (Population served: 25, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

Drinking water stations with addresses in Grant that have no violations reported:

SALMON RUN CAMPGROUND (Population served: 250, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:

This city:	2.6 people
Michigan:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	66.3%
Whole state:	68.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	7.1%
Whole state:	5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	20.8%
Whole state:	10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	10.2%
Whole state:	4.8%

Grant compared to Michigan state average:

Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Banks with branches in Grant (2007 data):

ChoiceOne Bank: 10 West Main Street Branch at 10 West Main Street, branch established on 1906-08-09. Info updated 2007-01-23: Bank assets: $464.5 mil, Deposits: $366.9 mil, headquarters in Sparta, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 15 total offices, Holding Company: Choiceone Financial Services, Inc.

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2004 Presidential Election results in Newaygo County Michigan:

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Grant government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $137,000
All Other: $5,000
Construction - Parks & Recreation: $93,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $130,000
Sewerage: $117,000

Police Protection: $105,000

Parks & Recreation: $101,000

Water Utilities: $77,000

Central Staff Services: $63,000

Financial Administration: $38,000

General - Other: $30,000

Fire Protection: $14,000

General Public Buildings: $7,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $2,000

Libraries: $1,000
General - Interest on Debt: $42,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $670,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $661,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $9,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $60,000
Rents: $57,000

Interest Earnings: $4,000

Property Sale Other: $1,000
Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $19,000
General - Other: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $437,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $149,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $129,000
Highways: $60,000
Tax - Property: $139,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $158,000

6.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,427 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.04%
Michigan average:	5.24%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Kent County, MI	1.90% ($36,834 average AGI)
from Muskegon County, MI	0.73% ($33,675)
from Ottawa County, MI	0.30% ($40,096)

6.75% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,634 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.75%
Michigan average:	5.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Kent County, MI	1.84% ($30,881 average AGI)
to Muskegon County, MI	0.86% ($28,270)
to Mecosta County, MI	0.42% ($26,767)

Strongest AM radio stations in Grant:

WOOD (1300 AM; 20 kW; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WMJH (810 AM; daytime; 4 kW; ROCKFORD, MI)
WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
WLDR (1210 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KINGSLEY, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WSHN (1550 AM; daytime; 1 kW; FREMONT, MI; Owner: NOORDYK BROADCASTING, INC.)
WPNW (1260 AM; 10 kW; ZEELAND, MI; Owner: LANSER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WMHG (1600 AM; 5 kW; MUSKEGON, MI)
WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
WBRN (1460 AM; 5 kW; BIG RAPIDS, MI; Owner: RH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WJNZ (1140 AM; daytime; 5 kW; KENTWOOD, MI; Owner: GOODRICH RADIO, LLC)
WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WGVU (1480 AM; 5 kW; KENTWOOD, MI; Owner: GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY B OF C)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Grant:

WSHN-FM (100.1 FM; HOLTON, MI; Owner: NOORDYK BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSNX-FM (104.5 FM; MUSKEGON, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WBLV (90.3 FM; TWIN LAKE, MI; Owner: BLUE LAKE FINE ARTS CAMP, INC.)
WLHT-FM (95.7 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF GRAND RAPIDS, INC.)
WMUS-FM (106.9 FM; MUSKEGON, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WCXT (105.3 FM; HART, MI; Owner: WATERS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WBFX (101.3 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WFGR (98.7 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF GRAND RAPIDS, INC.)
WFUR-FM (102.9 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: FURNITURE CITY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WLAV-FM (96.9 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WTRV (100.5 FM; WALKER, MI; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF GRAND RAPIDS, INC.)
WGVU-FM (88.5 FM; ALLENDALE, MI; Owner: BD OF CONTROL,GRAND VALLEY ST UNIV.)
WYBR (102.3 FM; BIG RAPIDS, MI; Owner: MENTOR PARTNERS, INC.)
WBLU-FM (88.9 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: BLUE LAKE FINE ARTS CAMP)

TV broadcast stations around Grant:

WZZM-TV (Channel 13; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS CORP. OF OKLAHOMA, INC.)
WTLJ (Channel 54; MUSKEGON, MI; Owner: TCT OF MICHIGAN, INC.)
WGVU-TV (Channel 35; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY)
WOMS-CA (Channel 29; MUSKEGON, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
W67DN (Channel 67; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W42CB (Channel 42; HESPERIA, MI; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC.)
WUHQ-LP (Channel 29; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: P & P CABLE HOLDINGS, L.L.C.)
WXSP-CA (Channel 15; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
W48CL (Channel 48; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
W58CU (Channel 58; BIG RAPIDS, MI; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC.)

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