Ionia township, Ionia County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 33.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 3,669 (33% urban, 67% rural)
| Males: 1,841 |  (50.2%) |
| Females: 1,828 |  (49.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,659 (3,327 owner occupied, 332 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 9% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Ionia township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.3%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 33.2
Median age of females: 33.8
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Average household size: 2.74
| Ionia township: | 2.7 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Ionia township: | $49,036 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $530 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $107,169 (it was $93,500 in 2000)
| : | $107,169 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
| Population density: 109 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 19.1% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Ionia township: Shadow Ridge Golf Course (A), Rolling Hills Golf Course (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Ionia township include: First Assembly of God Church (A), Church of the Nazarene (B), Temple Baptist Church (C), Lyons Muir Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Highland Park Cemetery (1), Tuttle Cemetery (2), Sunset Memorial Gardens (3), Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Libhart Creek (A), Dry Creek (B), Prairie Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
59% of Ionia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 451
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 12
- South: 64
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
10 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 197
- Mobile homes: 67
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Ionia township with a mortgage: 7 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 31
- Construction (40%)
- Wood products (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (20%)
- Public administration (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (17%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Bus drivers (7%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ionia township:
- Irish (27.1%)
- English (20.6%)
- Italian (9.7%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
- German (4.8%)
- French Canadian (4.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 192 (75%)
- Carpooled: 43 (17%)
- Walked: 22 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (23%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Other fuel (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
10 people in other group homes
99.2% of residents of Ionia township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 522- In family households: 449 (116 male householders, 28 female householders)
120 spouses, 164 children (152 natural, 5 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 73 (11 male householders (11 living alone)), 43 female householders (26 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 37 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person, 17 2-persons,
694 married couples with children.
258 single-parent households (76 men, 182 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 49.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |
