Fork township, Mecosta County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (82% naturalized citizens)
Fork township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Fork township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1475
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 61
- South: 66
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 672
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 7
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 15
- Mobile homes: 225
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,100
Housing units in Fork township with a mortgage: 164 (13 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 101
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fork township:
- German (22.3%)
- United States or American (19.5%)
- English (11.3%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- French Canadian (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (27%)
- Germany (18%)
- Jamaica (18%)
- Mexico (18%)
- Canada (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 472 (76%)
- Carpooled: 99 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.8% of residents of Fork township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,651- In family households: 1,438 (396 male householders, 90 female householders)
399 spouses, 446 children (399 natural, 4 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 13 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 213 (93 male householders (78 living alone)), 96 female householders (85 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 249 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 75 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 163 1-person, 26 2-persons,
250 married couples with children.
125 single-parent households (29 men, 96 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 3.2% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 1.8% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 11.8% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |