Cooper township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 36.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 8,754 (41% urban, 59% rural)
| Males: 4,294 |  (49.1%) |
| Females: 4,460 |  (50.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 8,641 (7,881 owner occupied, 760 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 9% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Cooper township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.5%
- Black: 1.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.2%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 39.0
Median age of females: 39.6
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Average household size: 2.71
| Cooper township: | 2.7 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Cooper township: | $45,854 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $614 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $127,700 (it was $105,200 in 2000)
| : | $127,700 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $155,953
Here: $155,953 State: $159,597
Townhouses or other attached units: $146,855
Here: $146,855 State: $138,735
In 2-unit structures: $43,905
Here: $43,905 State: $89,877
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $169,602
Here: $169,602 State: $110,373
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $82,858
Here: $82,858 State: $119,825
Mobile homes: $16,410
Here: $16,410 State: $33,033
| Population density: 241 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Cooper township: Cooper Township Fire Department Station 1 (A), Cooper Township Fire Department Station 2 (B), Plainwell Pines Nursing Center (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Cooper township include: Faith Church (A), Twin Lakes Church (B), Spring Valley Church (C), Parchment Christian Church (D), Northern Heights Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Cooper Cemetery (1), East Cooper Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Spring Brook (A), Silver Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Cooper township include: Maple Glen Park (1), Cooper Congregational Church Historical Marker (2), DeLano Homestead Historical Marker (3), Kalamazoo Nature Center (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
90% of Cooper township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 26
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 70
- South: 0
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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 Cooper township, Michigan:
- 58 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in other group homes
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 50
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Cooper township with a mortgage: 8 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8
- Construction (13%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Paper (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cooper township:
- German (44.6%)
- Norwegian (19.6%)
- Swedish (9.8%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Czech (2.2%)
- English (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 27 (55%)
- Carpooled: 4 (8%)
- Walked: 4 (8%)
- Worked at home: 14 (29%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (5%)
People in group quarters in Cooper township, Michigan:
- 58 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in other group homes
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 106- In family households: 92 (24 male householders, 2 female householders)
24 spouses, 40 children (36 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 14 (12 male householders (12 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 8 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 14 1-person,
1,819 married couples with children.
352 single-parent households (101 men, 251 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |