Plainfield township, Kent County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (58% naturalized citizens)
Plainfield township: | 2.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Plainfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 24885
- Northeast: 769
- Midwest: 2118
- South: 770
- West: 669
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $129,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Plainfield township, Michigan:
- 39 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 13 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,218
- One, attached: 521
- Two: 61
- 3 or 4: 311
- 5 to 9: 481
- 10 to 19: 389
- 20 to 49: 212
- 50 or more: 150
- Mobile homes: 1,090
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,000
Housing units in Plainfield township with a mortgage: 5,668 (467 second mortgage, 1,050 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,903
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plainfield township:
- German (18.0%)
- Dutch (16.5%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- English (10.1%)
- Polish (10.1%)
- United States or American (7.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (12%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Mexico (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Korea (7%)
- Netherlands (7%)
- Guatemala (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 13,790 (88%)
- Carpooled: 1,098 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 64 (0%)
- Walked: 211 (1%)
- Other means: 25 (0%)
- Worked at home: 514 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Plainfield township, Michigan:
- 39 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 13 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in other group homes
96.3% of residents of Plainfield township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 30,044- In family households: 26,605 (6,765 male householders, 1,394 female householders)
6,691 spouses, 10,769 children (9,778 natural, 256 adopted, 735 stepchildren), 196 grandchildren, 118 brothers or sisters, 78 parents, 108 other relatives, 486 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,439 (1,292 male householders (966 living alone)), 1,559 female householders (1,368 living alone)), 588 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 60 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,036 2-persons, 1,750 3-persons, 1,996 4-persons, 949 5-persons, 346 6-persons, 82 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,334 1-person, 438 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
7,281 married couples with children.
1,396 single-parent households (273 men, 1,123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 527
Here: | 12.6% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 180
Here: | 8.0% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 210
Here: | 15.6% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |