Greenwood township, Oceana County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Greenwood township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Greenwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 98% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 957
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 94
- South: 36
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 330
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 118
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,500
Housing units in Greenwood township with a mortgage: 92 (4 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 49
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Food (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Greenwood township:
- German (25.1%)
- English (12.0%)
- Dutch (10.4%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- French (except Basque) (7.5%)
- Irish (5.5%)
- Swedish (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (57%)
- Mexico (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 372 (80%)
- Carpooled: 43 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Wood (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Electricity (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
92.5% of residents of Greenwood township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,116- In family households: 1,000 (234 male householders, 69 female householders)
239 spouses, 405 children (390 natural, 6 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 3 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 116 (53 male householders (38 living alone)), 36 female householders (31 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 115 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 69 1-person, 15 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
259 married couples with children.
78 single-parent households (23 men, 55 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 45.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |