Morton township, Mecosta County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (76% naturalized citizens)
| Morton township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
52% of Morton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2796
- Northeast: 123
- Midwest: 295
- South: 197
- West: 60
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $139,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
7 people in other group homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,468
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 31
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 233
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,700
Housing units in Morton township with a mortgage: 687 (33 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 533
- Construction (14%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Morton township:
- German (25.6%)
- English (13.4%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- United States or American (8.5%)
- Polish (7.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
- Italian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (36%)
- Germany (15%)
- Yugoslavia (7%)
- Mexico (6%)
- Italy (4%)
- Russia (4%)
- United Kingdom (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 993 (80%)
- Carpooled: 132 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 75 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
7 people in other group homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.3% of residents of Morton township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,575- In family households: 3,133 (1,052 male householders, 171 female householders)
1,088 spouses, 652 children (587 natural, 25 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 20 other relatives, 62 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 442 (177 male householders (151 living alone)), 204 female householders (183 living alone)), 61 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 863 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 123 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 334 1-person, 38 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
359 married couples with children.
180 single-parent households (64 men, 116 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |