Buchanan township, Berrien County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 32.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.9 sq. mi.
Population: 3,510 (35% urban, 65% rural)
| Males: 1,809 |  (51.5%) |
| Females: 1,701 |  (48.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,508 (3,247 owner occupied, 261 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 7% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Buchanan township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.5%
- Black: 1.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 1.3%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 38.3
Median age of females: 39.4
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Average household size: 2.66
| Buchanan township: | 2.7 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.00
| Buchanan township: | $44,747 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $529 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $123,100 (it was $93,300 in 2000)
| : | $123,100 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $190,641
Here: $190,641 State: $159,597
Townhouses or other attached units: $147,026
Here: $147,026 State: $138,735
In 2-unit structures: $150,551
Here: $150,551 State: $89,877
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $93,044
Here: $93,044 State: $110,373
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $293,838
Here: $293,838 State: $119,825
Mobile homes: $34,378
Here: $34,378 State: $33,033
| Population density: 109 people per square mile | (average). |
Cities in this township include: Buchanan.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Buchanan township: Camp Madron (A), East Clear Lake Campground (B), Redbud Trail Church Camp (C), Brookwood Golf Course (D), Fernwood Botanical Gardens and Nature Preserve (E), Buchanan Township Fire Department (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Buchanan township include: Oronoko Church (A), Faith Victory Fellowship (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Benton Cemetery (1), Sherwood Cemetery (2), Stevens Farm Cemetery (3), Colvin Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Burrus Lake (A), Clear Lake (B), Indian Lake (C), Judy Lake (D), Madron Lake (E), Moon Lake (F), Mud Lake (G), Round Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: McCoy Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Buchanan township include: Weaver Park (1), Moccasin Bluff Historical Marker (2), Mud Lake Bog (3), Stafford Woods Park (4), E B Clark Park (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 0
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
2 people in other workers' dormitories
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2
Housing units in Buchanan township with a mortgage: 0 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Construction (14%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buchanan township:
- German (100.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
2 people in other workers' dormitories
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5- In family households: 5 (2 male householders, 0 female householders)
3 spouses, 0 children (0 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 0 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 2 2-persons,
678 married couples with children.
127 single-parent households (49 men, 78 women).