Ganges township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Ganges township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Ganges township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1685
- Northeast: 72
- Midwest: 387
- South: 224
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 1.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Ganges township, Michigan:
- 34 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 22 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,175
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 9
- Mobile homes: 181
Median worth of mobile homes: $72,900
Housing units in Ganges township with a mortgage: 373 (43 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ganges township:
- German (14.8%)
- English (13.1%)
- Dutch (12.3%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
- Polish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (90%)
- Austria (4%)
- Germany (3%)
- Other Eastern Europe (2%)
- Canada (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 895 (73%)
- Carpooled: 169 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Railroad: 8 (1%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (2%)
- Other means: 19 (2%)
- Worked at home: 108 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Ganges township, Michigan:
- 34 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 22 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in unknown juvenile institutions
87.1% of residents of Ganges township speak English at home.
11.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,451- In family households: 2,065 (552 male householders, 126 female householders)
566 spouses, 706 children (643 natural, 32 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 18 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 386 (174 male householders (121 living alone)), 124 female householders (97 living alone)), 88 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 65 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 348 2-persons, 122 3-persons, 121 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 218 1-person, 74 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
432 married couples with children.
123 single-parent households (42 men, 81 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 14.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |