Almena township, Van Buren County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Almena township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Almena township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% 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: 3194
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 660
- South: 123
- West: 120
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,409
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 29
- Mobile homes: 177
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,600
Housing units in Almena township with a mortgage: 748 (27 second mortgage, 168 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 200
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Paper (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Almena township:
- German (21.1%)
- Dutch (15.7%)
- English (12.6%)
- United States or American (9.7%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- Polish (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (37%)
- Hungary (33%)
- Mexico (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,811 (88%)
- Carpooled: 197 (10%)
- Bicycle: 11 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 28 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.7% of residents of Almena township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,217- In family households: 3,846 (1,118 male householders, 144 female householders)
1,120 spouses, 1,271 children (1,232 natural, 6 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 67 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 55 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 371 (230 male householders (176 living alone)), 84 female householders (84 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 546 2-persons, 268 3-persons, 327 4-persons, 80 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 260 1-person, 54 2-persons,
917 married couples with children.
158 single-parent households (57 men, 101 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 2.2% |
| 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: 18
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |