Columbia township, Jackson County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (72% naturalized citizens)
Columbia township: | 1.9% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5940
- Northeast: 224
- Midwest: 495
- South: 309
- West: 118
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $116,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Columbia township, Michigan:
- 46 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 14 people in other group homes
- 7 people in nursing homes
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,229
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 62
- 3 or 4: 47
- 5 to 9: 56
- 10 to 19: 55
- 20 to 49: 35
- Mobile homes: 56
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,400
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 1,323 (104 second mortgage, 244 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 840
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- German (21.6%)
- English (17.0%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Polish (9.9%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.1%)
- Italian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (40%)
- Germany (19%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Cuba (7%)
- France (6%)
- Other Southern Europe (6%)
- Italy (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,929 (85%)
- Carpooled: 386 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 94 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Columbia township, Michigan:
- 46 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 14 people in other group homes
- 7 people in nursing homes
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.5% of residents of Columbia township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,163- In family households: 6,272 (1,774 male householders, 367 female householders)
1,809 spouses, 2,025 children (1,859 natural, 69 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 113 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 60 other relatives, 84 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 891 (357 male householders (299 living alone)), 400 female householders (345 living alone)), 134 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 68 (25 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,046 2-persons, 463 3-persons, 395 4-persons, 175 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 644 1-person, 94 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
1,229 married couples with children.
310 single-parent households (80 men, 230 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 90
Here: | 10.2% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44
Here: | 9.6% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 56
Here: | 19.6% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |