Ontwa township, Cass County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Ontwa township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Ontwa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1603
- Northeast: 126
- Midwest: 3618
- South: 315
- West: 139
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500
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: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,091
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 19
- 20 to 49: 36
- Mobile homes: 419
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,100
Housing units in Ontwa township with a mortgage: 1,050 (105 second mortgage, 187 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 497
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Construction (9%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ontwa township:
- German (29.3%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- English (10.2%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- Italian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (32%)
- Other Eastern Europe (18%)
- Russia (16%)
- Greece (13%)
- Other Western Europe (7%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (4%)
- Pakistan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,562 (85%)
- Carpooled: 309 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 52 (2%)
- Other means: 23 (1%)
- Worked at home: 81 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
96.9% of residents of Ontwa township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,857- In family households: 5,060 (1,381 male householders, 299 female householders)
1,372 spouses, 1,737 children (1,513 natural, 76 adopted, 148 stepchildren), 69 grandchildren, 47 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 50 other relatives, 101 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 797 (339 male householders (249 living alone)), 328 female householders (308 living alone)), 130 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 798 2-persons, 335 3-persons, 380 4-persons, 115 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 557 1-person, 92 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
986 married couples with children.
345 single-parent households (131 men, 214 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
| Here: | 4.8% |
| 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: 21
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |