Merrill township, Newaygo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Merrill township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Merrill township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 464
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 34
- South: 59
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 570
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 215
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,600
Housing units in Merrill township with a mortgage: 76 (3 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Construction (20%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Private households (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (22%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Merrill township:
- United States or American (15.7%)
- German (15.2%)
- English (8.1%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- Polish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 132 (70%)
- Carpooled: 46 (24%)
- Walked: 5 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 4 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (79%)
- Wood (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
94.9% of residents of Merrill township speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 595- In family households: 447 (119 male householders, 44 female householders)
117 spouses, 131 children (117 natural, 5 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 148 (67 male householders (56 living alone)), 57 female householders (55 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 97 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 111 1-person, 9 2-persons, 1 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
84 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (11 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |