Schoolcraft township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Schoolcraft township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Schoolcraft township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5788
- Northeast: 124
- Midwest: 716
- South: 238
- West: 118
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
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
People in group quarters in Schoolcraft township, Michigan:
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other workers' dormitories
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,190
- One, attached: 40
- Two: 133
- 3 or 4: 170
- 5 to 9: 97
- 10 to 19: 54
- 20 to 49: 66
- Mobile homes: 149
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,500
Housing units in Schoolcraft township with a mortgage: 1,344 (82 second mortgage, 283 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 419
- Construction (13%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Schoolcraft township:
- German (20.1%)
- Dutch (15.6%)
- English (13.7%)
- United States or American (11.6%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Polish (4.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (17%)
- Netherlands (16%)
- Canada (15%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Germany (11%)
- India (8%)
- Romania (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,157 (86%)
- Carpooled: 312 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 69 (2%)
- Other means: 18 (0%)
- Worked at home: 90 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Schoolcraft township, Michigan:
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other workers' dormitories
95.1% of residents of Schoolcraft township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (98% speak English very well, 2% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,196- In family households: 6,269 (1,587 male householders, 436 female householders)
1,691 spouses, 2,297 children (2,031 natural, 105 adopted, 161 stepchildren), 71 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 50 other relatives, 109 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 927 (403 male householders (303 living alone)), 355 female householders (300 living alone)), 169 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 833 2-persons, 465 3-persons, 474 4-persons, 162 5-persons, 79 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 603 1-person, 134 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
1,463 married couples with children.
417 single-parent households (90 men, 327 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 59
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |