Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,534 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,187 (1.3%)
Area name: Battle Creek, MI MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Calhoun County is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $592 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $721 a month.
Cities in this county include: Battle Creek
, Albion
, Marshall
, Springfield
, Brownlee Park
, Orchard Lake Village
, Homer
, Athens
, Tekonsha
, Burlington
.
Neighboring
counties: Barry County
, Branch County
, Eaton County
, Hillsdale County
, Jackson County
, Kalamazoo County
, St. Joseph County
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Calhoun County: Burleigh
Corners
(A),
Burlington Station
(B),
Agnew Corners
(C),
Fruin Corners
(D),
Camp Tah-Ko-Dah
(E),
Camp Tanawida
(F),
Westwinds Campground
(G),
Marshall Country Club
(H),
Eaton Proving Grounds
(I),
Ellis Corners
(J),
Moores Corners
(K),
Marywood Country Club
(L)
Churches in Calhoun County include: West
Eckford Church
(A),
Wesleyan Church
(B),
Little Polly Church
(C),
Chapel in the Woods
(D),
Mount Hope Church
(E),
Lyon Lake Church
(F),
East Eckford Church
(G),
Partello Road Church
(H),
Maple Grove Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Clarendon
Cemetery
(1),
Riverside Cemetery
(2),
Lee Center Cemetery
(3),
Holiday Cemetery
(4),
Hotchkiss Cemetery
(5),
Sampson Cemetery
(6),
Burr Oak Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and swamps: Little
Goose Lake
(A),
Ackley Lake
(B),
Long Lake
(C),
Lyon Lake
(D),
Maynard Lake
(E),
Beadle Lake
(F),
Montcalm Lake
(G),
Bear Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Ackley
Creek
(A),
Alder Creek
(B),
Barnum Creek
(C),
Bear Creek
(D),
Crooked Creek
(E),
Pine Creek
(F),
Pigeon Creek
(G),
Talmadge Creek
(H),
Tamarack Creek
(I)
Park in Calhoun County: Kellogg
Biological Preserve
(1).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 7,216
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.0%
Number of foreign born residents: 3,258 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Calhoun
County: |
2.4% | | Whole
state: | 5.3% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 1,089
- 1990
to 1994: 452
- 1985
to 1989: 259
- 1980
to 1984: 225
- 1975
to 1979: 179
- 1970
to 1974: 159
- 1970
to 1974: 212
- 1965
to 1969: 683
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Mean travel time to work: 20.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 83.0%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 42,185
- One,
attached: 930
- Two:
2,041
- 3
or 4: 2,215
- 5
to 9: 2,104
- 10
to 19: 2,070
- 20
or more: 3,298
- Mobile
homes: 3,838
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Housing units in Calhoun County with a mortgage: 20,830 (1,692 second mortgage, 2,574 home equity loan, 48 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,904 Agriculture
in Calhoun County
Average size of farms: 209 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $56184
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $214.05
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 8.76%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 43.87%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $51832
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 70.43%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 6.12%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $61196
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 91.28%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 6.92
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 23.57%
Corn for grain: 65608 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 12605 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 69339 harvested acres
Vegetables: 490 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 58 acresCalhoun
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Michigan state average. It is 1.6 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 21 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 3/27/1991, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 18 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Transportation
equipment (14%)
- Construction
(8%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Metal
and metal products (5%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Food
(5%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (15%)
- Educational
services (12%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Transportation
equipment (8%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers
and fabricators (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Assemblers
and fabricators (4%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(18%)
- Japan
(11%)
- Canada
(9%)
- Germany
(8%)
- Korea
(7%)
- India
(5%)
- United
Kingdom (5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Calhoun County:
|
- German
(20%)
- United
States or American (14%)
- English
(13%)
- Irish
(8%)
- Dutch
(3%)
- Polish
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 50,708 (82%)
- Carpooled:
6,483 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 440 (1%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 26 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 21 (0%)
- Taxi:
99 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
29 (0%)
- Bicycle:
90 (0%)
- Walked:
1,678 (3%)
- Other
means: 373 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 1,702 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Calhoun County, Michigan
- 1093
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 800
people in nursing homes
- 686
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 453
people in other group homes
- 375
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 178
people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 176
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 84
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 82
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 78
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 43
people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 23
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 18
people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 18
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 13
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 7
people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 5
people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $47,356.
4.86% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,187 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.86% | | Michigan
average: | 5.24% |
0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($426 average AGI)
| Calhoun
County: |
0.08% | | Michigan
average: | 0.10% |
3.28% relocated from other counties in Michigan ($21,968 average AGI)
1.50% relocated from other states ($11,794 average AGI)
| Calhoun
County: |
1.50% | | Michigan
average: |
1.38% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Kalamazoo County, MI
|
0.71% ($34,765 average AGI) |
| from
Barry County, MI
|
0.34% ($30,738) |
| from
Branch County, MI
|
0.34% ($26,789) |
| from
Eaton County, MI
|
0.33% ($32,287) |
| from
Jackson County, MI
|
0.27% ($29,726) |
| from
Ingham County, MI
|
0.17% ($34,721) |
| from
Wayne County, MI
|
0.12% ($30,161) |
5.60% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,719 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.60% | | Michigan
average: | 5.98% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($201 average AGI)
| Calhoun
County: |
0.04% | | Michigan
average: | 0.05% |
3.37% relocated to other counties in Michigan ($21,912 average AGI)
2.19% relocated to other states ($14,607 average AGI)
| Calhoun
County: |
2.19% | | Michigan
average: | 2.21% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Kalamazoo County, MI
|
0.87% ($41,885 average AGI) |
| to
Jackson County, MI
|
0.34% ($30,310) |
| to
Barry County, MI
|
0.32% ($37,745) |
| to
Branch County, MI
|
0.26% ($36,729) |
| to
Eaton County, MI
|
0.24% ($31,815) |
| to
Kent County, MI
|
0.16% ($32,913) |
| to
Wayne County, MI
|
0.15% ($24,162) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.7
Births
per 1000 population in Calhoun County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.4
Deaths
per 1000 population in Calhoun County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.5
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Calhoun County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 22,972 (18,759 aged, 4,213 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 133,863
- In
family households: 112,698 (26,812 male householders, 9,658 female householders)
27,629
spouses, 40,213 children (36,582 natural, 1,026 adopted, 2,605 stepchildren), 2,398 grandchildren, 736 brothers or sisters, 768 parents, 1,206 other relatives, 3,278 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 21,165 (7,834 male householders (6,262 living alone)), 9,857 female householders (8,772 living alone)), 3,474 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 4,122 (1,874 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 15,862 2-persons, 8,501 3-persons, 7,321 4-persons, 3,090 5-persons, 1,116 6-persons, 580 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 15,034 1-person, 2,196 2-persons, 306 3-persons, 99 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.
21,498 married couples with children.
10,309 single-parent households (2,316 men, 7,993 women).
95.2% of residents of Calhoun County speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (45% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 31% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,026,479,000 ($7381 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $163,069,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $392,992,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $185,194,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,746,000
Federal grants: $170,022,000
Federal procurement contracts: $84,972,000 ($44,872,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $186,554,000 ($106,986,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $7,021,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $58,726,000
Federal Government insurance: $51,703,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 9,980
| Here: |
72 per 1000 residents | | State: |
68 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 7,587
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: |
45 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +903
| Here: |
+6 per 1000 residents | | State: | +12
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,919
| Here: |
-14 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-16 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Calhoun County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 14.89 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 1,060
- 1995
to 1998: 2,884
- 1990
to 1994: 2,611
- 1980
to 1989: 4,205
- 1970
to 1979: 7,824
- 1960
to 1969: 8,334
- 1950
to 1959: 10,410
- 1940
to 1949: 6,366
- 1939
or earlier: 14,997
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Calhoun County, Michigan: |
- 1
room: 29
- 2
rooms: 228
- 3
rooms: 716
- 4
rooms: 4,035
- 5
rooms: 8,913
- 6
rooms: 10,011
- 7
rooms: 7,343
- 8
rooms: 4,225
- 9
or more rooms: 3,985
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Calhoun County, Michigan: |
- 1
room: 446
- 2
rooms: 1,198
- 3
rooms: 3,235
- 4
rooms: 3,717
- 5
rooms: 3,163
- 6
rooms: 1,377
- 7
rooms: 785
- 8
rooms: 413
- 9
or more rooms: 281
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Calhoun County: |
- no
bedroom: 40
- 1
bedroom: 1,041
- 2
bedrooms: 10,168
- 3
bedrooms: 20,184
- 4
bedrooms: 6,612
- 5
or more bedrooms: 1,440
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Calhoun County: |
- no
bedroom: 624
- 1
bedroom: 4,798
- 2
bedrooms: 5,808
- 3
bedrooms: 2,612
- 4
bedrooms: 627
- 5
or more bedrooms: 146
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Calhoun County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 1,758
- 1
vehicle: 11,577
- 2
vehicles: 17,679
- 3
vehicles: 6,204
- 4
vehicles: 1,633
- 5
or more vehicles: 634
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Calhoun County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 2,678
- 1
vehicle: 7,694
- 2
vehicles: 3,497
- 3
vehicles: 571
- 4
vehicles: 119
- 5
or more vehicles: 56
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58% of Calhoun County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Michigan.
| Calhoun
County: |
57.7% | | State
average: | 58.3% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 104272
- Northeast:
3083
- Midwest:
12141
- South:
11583
- West:
2798
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $69,500 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (80%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity
(2%)
- Wood
(2%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (77%)
- Electricity
(13%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,310
| Here: |
7.7% | | Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 529
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 2,006
| Here: |
32.4% | | Michigan: |
16.5% |
Calhoun
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $29,987,000
Regular Highways: $2,718,000
- Construction
- Health - Other: $160,000
General: $63,000
Judicial & Legal: $27,000
Welfare - Other: $1,000
- Current
Operations - Health Services - Other: $23,440,000
Welfare - Other: $13,711,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,739,000
Regular Highways: $10,251,000
Corrections - Other: $9,082,000
General - Other: $7,294,000
Police Protection: $5,247,000
Central Staff Services: $1,877,000
Financial Administration: $1,119,000
Natural Resources - Other: $358,000
Housing & Community Development: $198,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,613,000
Highways: $923,000
Health & Hospitals: $276,000
Housing & Community Development: $126,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $1,147,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - General: $2,265,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,093,000
Health & Hospitals: $819,000
Highways: $610,000
Public Welfare: $32,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $5,196,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $22,775,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $850,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $6,089,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $10,684,000
Water Utilities: $5,058,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $6,852,000
Water Utilities: $138,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $4,102,000
Interest Earnings: $2,225,000
Special Assessments: $254,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $19,990,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $839,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $13,463,000
Highways: $8,798,000
All Other: $4,041,000
General Support: $3,293,000
Public Welfare: $2,319,000
- Tax
- Property: $19,397,000
Other Selective Sales: $862,000
NEC: $523,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $23,397,000
- Water
Utilities - Interest on Debt: $260,000
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