Dayton township, Newaygo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (58% naturalized citizens)
Dayton township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Dayton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1716
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 121
- South: 106
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
12 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 668
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,100
Housing units in Dayton township with a mortgage: 230 (3 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 120
- Construction (14%)
- Food (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dayton township:
- Dutch (23.2%)
- German (18.3%)
- English (12.3%)
- United States or American (8.7%)
- French (except Basque) (6.2%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (29%)
- Korea (29%)
- Mexico (29%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 827 (83%)
- Carpooled: 70 (7%)
- Walked: 24 (2%)
- Worked at home: 71 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (7%)
12 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.6% of residents of Dayton township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,014- In family households: 1,863 (507 male householders, 55 female householders)
528 spouses, 696 children (634 natural, 24 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 24 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 151 (61 male householders (42 living alone)), 48 female householders (44 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 249 2-persons, 87 3-persons, 126 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 11 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
492 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (11 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
Here: | 13.8% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
Here: | 9.2% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
Here: | 19.7% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |