Allen township, Hillsdale County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Allen township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Allen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1294
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 179
- South: 65
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 561
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 122
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Allen township with a mortgage: 188 (28 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Allen township:
- German (32.1%)
- United States or American (19.6%)
- English (13.3%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Polish (4.7%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (72%)
- Philippines (17%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 674 (85%)
- Carpooled: 70 (9%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 32 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Utility gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
98.1% of residents of Allen township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,625- In family households: 1,451 (351 male householders, 79 female householders)
392 spouses, 552 children (496 natural, 9 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 11 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 174 (73 male householders (55 living alone)), 72 female householders (66 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 167 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 94 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 121 1-person, 21 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
358 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (24 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 23.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |