Ronald township, Ionia County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (11% naturalized citizens)
| Ronald township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Ronald township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1712
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 48
- South: 63
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
16 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 496
- Two: 3
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 209
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,000
Housing units in Ronald township with a mortgage: 154 (18 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 70
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ronald township:
- German (30.5%)
- English (17.1%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Dutch (5.4%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (68%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Germany (11%)
- Canada (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 701 (80%)
- Carpooled: 103 (12%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 41 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (2%)
16 people in other group homes
96.9% of residents of Ronald township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,866- In family households: 1,670 (416 male householders, 87 female householders)
418 spouses, 633 children (590 natural, 1 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 16 other relatives, 72 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 196 (78 male householders (50 living alone)), 65 female householders (53 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 27 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 199 2-persons, 111 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 27 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
388 married couples with children.
121 single-parent households (50 men, 71 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 25.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |