Spring Arbor township, Jackson County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Spring Arbor township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Spring Arbor township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5900
- Northeast: 136
- Midwest: 919
- South: 259
- West: 167
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $135,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Spring Arbor township, Michigan:
- 606 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 126 people in nursing homes
- 35 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,701
- One, attached: 140
- Two: 127
- 3 or 4: 88
- 5 to 9: 88
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 30
- 50 or more: 46
- Mobile homes: 431
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,100
Housing units in Spring Arbor township with a mortgage: 1,032 (57 second mortgage, 202 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 418
- Educational services (14%)
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (26%)
- Health care (21%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spring Arbor township:
- German (22.6%)
- United States or American (15.1%)
- English (14.7%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- Polish (6.7%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Italian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (23%)
- Germany (15%)
- Other Eastern Europe (12%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Russia (10%)
- Canada (10%)
- India (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,751 (78%)
- Carpooled: 335 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (0%)
- Taxi: 13 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 285 (8%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 105 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Spring Arbor township, Michigan:
- 606 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 126 people in nursing homes
- 35 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in other group homes
97.0% of residents of Spring Arbor township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,669- In family households: 5,860 (1,664 male householders, 257 female householders)
1,576 spouses, 2,162 children (1,886 natural, 73 adopted, 203 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 42 other relatives, 88 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 809 (245 male householders (194 living alone)), 412 female householders (375 living alone)), 152 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 804 (139 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 827 2-persons, 479 3-persons, 343 4-persons, 193 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 569 1-person, 66 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
1,397 married couples with children.
392 single-parent households (86 men, 306 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 583
| Here: | 75.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |