Monterey township, Allegan County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (42% naturalized citizens)
Monterey township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Monterey township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1855
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 97
- South: 57
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 612
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 4
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 140
Median worth of mobile homes: $63,800
Housing units in Monterey township with a mortgage: 251 (10 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 75
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monterey township:
- German (26.9%)
- Dutch (20.9%)
- United States or American (9.5%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- English (7.1%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (58%)
- Germany (10%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Korea (6%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Chile (6%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 825 (80%)
- Carpooled: 97 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 47 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 51 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
95.5% of residents of Monterey township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,085- In family households: 1,897 (455 male householders, 103 female householders)
468 spouses, 759 children (690 natural, 15 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 13 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 188 (97 male householders (75 living alone)), 56 female householders (47 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 192 2-persons, 119 3-persons, 144 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 122 1-person, 29 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
501 married couples with children.
108 single-parent households (27 men, 81 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 47
Here: | 14.5% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
Here: | 10.6% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 17.9% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |