Brooks township, Newaygo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Brooks township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Brooks township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2949
- Northeast: 62
- Midwest: 265
- South: 106
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
2 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,575
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 15
- Mobile homes: 353
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,700
Housing units in Brooks township with a mortgage: 464 (34 second mortgage, 70 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 306
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brooks township:
- German (19.9%)
- Dutch (14.0%)
- United States or American (12.6%)
- English (10.2%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (30%)
- Canada (28%)
- Germany (20%)
- Netherlands (9%)
- India (9%)
- Vietnam (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,317 (79%)
- Carpooled: 278 (17%)
- Walked: 7 (0%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 65 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Utility gas (38%)
- Wood (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (5%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
2 people in other group homes
96.8% of residents of Brooks township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,512- In family households: 3,051 (849 male householders, 144 female householders)
848 spouses, 1,049 children (895 natural, 34 adopted, 120 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 20 other relatives, 100 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 461 (224 male householders (194 living alone)), 184 female householders (167 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 499 2-persons, 165 3-persons, 202 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 361 1-person, 39 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
745 married couples with children.
183 single-parent households (64 men, 119 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |