Boston township, Ionia County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Boston township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Boston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4302
- Northeast: 91
- Midwest: 280
- South: 96
- West: 93
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $130,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
48 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,422
- One, attached: 54
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 36
- 10 to 19: 24
- 20 to 49: 129
- 50 or more: 11
- Mobile homes: 312
Median worth of mobile homes: $64,500
Housing units in Boston township with a mortgage: 645 (45 second mortgage, 108 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 330
- Construction (17%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Boston township:
- German (23.0%)
- United States or American (16.3%)
- English (12.2%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- Dutch (10.0%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (31%)
- Germany (27%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Other Eastern Europe (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Korea (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,968 (84%)
- Carpooled: 251 (11%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 87 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Utility gas (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (2%)
48 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
5 people in other group homes
96.6% of residents of Boston township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well, 33% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,884- In family households: 4,278 (1,118 male householders, 254 female householders)
1,167 spouses, 1,535 children (1,419 natural, 27 adopted, 89 stepchildren), 48 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 52 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 606 (220 male householders (169 living alone)), 289 female householders (264 living alone)), 97 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 54 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 579 2-persons, 293 3-persons, 293 4-persons, 141 5-persons, 44 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 433 1-person, 68 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
1,019 married couples with children.
261 single-parent households (67 men, 194 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 0.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |