Ross township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Ross township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
78% of Ross township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1906
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 183
- South: 83
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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
19 people in other group homes
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 773
- Mobile homes: 54
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Ross township with a mortgage: 420 (70 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 74
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ross township:
- United States or American (27.9%)
- German (23.2%)
- English (21.7%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (77%)
- Canada (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,016 (89%)
- Carpooled: 56 (5%)
- Walked: 37 (3%)
- Worked at home: 35 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (3%)
19 people in other group homes
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
99.0% of residents of Ross township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,266- In family households: 2,120 (606 male householders, 38 female householders)
626 spouses, 812 children (718 natural, 39 adopted, 55 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 146 (79 male householders (68 living alone)), 57 female householders (57 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 276 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 186 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 125 1-person, 11 2-persons,
977 married couples with children.
204 single-parent households (55 men, 149 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37
| Here: | 88.1% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |