Dorr township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Dorr township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Dorr 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, 88% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5742
- Northeast: 87
- Midwest: 290
- South: 262
- West: 78
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $125,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,931
- One, attached: 27
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 139
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,600
Housing units in Dorr township with a mortgage: 1,175 (176 second mortgage, 201 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 307
- Construction (12%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dorr township:
- Dutch (29.8%)
- German (21.9%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- Polish (7.8%)
- English (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (60%)
- Poland (16%)
- Thailand (11%)
- Canada (8%)
- Cuba (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,892 (90%)
- Carpooled: 162 (5%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 139 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (3%)
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in other group homes
97.3% of residents of Dorr township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,571- In family households: 6,169 (1,520 male householders, 237 female householders)
1,556 spouses, 2,662 children (2,442 natural, 60 adopted, 160 stepchildren), 50 grandchildren, 38 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 58 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 402 (133 male householders (118 living alone)), 191 female householders (154 living alone)), 78 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 577 2-persons, 334 3-persons, 490 4-persons, 239 5-persons, 87 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 272 1-person, 44 2-persons, 8 5-persons,
1,860 married couples with children.
263 single-parent households (74 men, 189 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 300
| Here: | 26.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 31.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |