Pentwater township, Oceana County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Pentwater township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Pentwater township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1026
- Northeast: 45
- Midwest: 288
- South: 86
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $156,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,425
- One, attached: 35
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 20
- Mobile homes: 31
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Pentwater township with a mortgage: 213 (26 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 295
- Construction (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (15%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pentwater township:
- German (21.1%)
- English (14.3%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- Dutch (9.8%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- Swedish (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (23%)
- Netherlands (23%)
- United Kingdom (19%)
- Other Eastern Europe (15%)
- India (12%)
- Mexico (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 461 (75%)
- Carpooled: 57 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Railroad: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 30 (5%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.9% of residents of Pentwater township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,484- In family households: 1,245 (417 male householders, 72 female householders)
401 spouses, 312 children (288 natural, 8 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 11 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 239 (86 male householders (78 living alone)), 134 female householders (126 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 327 2-persons, 78 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 204 1-person, 16 2-persons,
179 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (13 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 23.7% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |