Portland township, Ionia County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Portland township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Portland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2278
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 57
- South: 75
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $146,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 723
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 27
- Mobile homes: 94
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,000
Housing units in Portland township with a mortgage: 408 (36 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 164
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Portland township:
- German (53.4%)
- United States or American (8.3%)
- English (7.9%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- French Canadian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Peru (32%)
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Argentina (21%)
- Germany (11%)
- Canada (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,112 (83%)
- Carpooled: 130 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 82 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.0% of residents of Portland township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,505- In family households: 2,325 (628 male householders, 67 female householders)
647 spouses, 943 children (848 natural, 48 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 12 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 180 (99 male householders (74 living alone)), 40 female householders (40 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 248 2-persons, 150 3-persons, 168 4-persons, 80 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 114 1-person, 12 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
642 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (34 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 78
| Here: | 22.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 64
| Here: | 29.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |