Coldwater township, Branch County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Coldwater township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Coldwater township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2495
- Northeast: 144
- Midwest: 611
- South: 162
- West: 63
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
98 people in nursing homes
8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,219
- One, attached: 48
- Two: 31
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 16
- Mobile homes: 361
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Coldwater township with a mortgage: 559 (68 second mortgage, 76 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 305
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Coldwater township:
- German (29.5%)
- United States or American (14.7%)
- English (13.7%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- Polish (4.2%)
- Dutch (3.9%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (19%)
- Mexico (19%)
- Other Western Asia (12%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Netherlands (9%)
- Cambodia (9%)
- Middle Africa (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,466 (86%)
- Carpooled: 145 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 24 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (1%)
98 people in nursing homes
8 people in other group homes
95.4% of residents of Coldwater township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (39% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,468- In family households: 2,989 (827 male householders, 196 female householders)
830 spouses, 997 children (886 natural, 32 adopted, 79 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 21 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 479 (217 male householders (127 living alone)), 163 female householders (161 living alone)), 99 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 142 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 501 2-persons, 190 3-persons, 215 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 38 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 288 1-person, 81 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
624 married couples with children.
186 single-parent households (55 men, 131 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 20.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |