Official Name: | Pine Township, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Pine Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Montcalm |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.1 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.0 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.1 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 1870 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 53.4 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 290 |
Elevation Ft: | 951 |
Coordinates: | 43.3333°N -85.2578°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
Postal Code: | 48850 (Lakeview) 48888 (Stanton) 49322 (Coral) 49347 (Trufant) 49326 (Gowen) 48838 (Greenville) |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-117-64200[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1626903 |
Pine Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,870 according to the 2020 census.[4]
The township is in western Montcalm County and is bordered to the southwest by Kent County. The unincorporated community of Langston is in the southeast part of the township. State highway M-91 crosses the center of the township, leading north to Lakeview and south to Greenville. Stanton, the Montcalm county seat, is to the southeast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Pine Township has a total area of, of which are land and 1.1sqmi, or 2.99%, are water.[1] The township is drained by the Flat River, which crosses the southeast part of the township, flowing south toward the Grand River.
At the 2000 census there were 1,654 people, 610 households and 466 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 789 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 97.52% White, 0.18% African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.48% Pacific Islander, 0.12% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.85% of the population.
There were 610 households, of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.5% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.05.
27.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.8 males.
The median household income was $41,583 and the median family income was $46,042. Males had a median income of $36,037 and females $22,216. The per capita income was $17,381. About 4.8% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.1% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.