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Grand Traverse County, MI

96,421 Population
464.3 square miles 207.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,818 ±$3,731 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$83,650 ±$4,331 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

5.8% ±2% (5,530  ±1,878) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.2 minutes ±0.7 (877,210  ±37,107) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

42,544 ±1,401 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (94,665  ±80) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.3% ±3.8% (1,297  ±783) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

47,602 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$343,200 ±$16,218 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.1% ±2% (8,642  ±1,908) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.5% ±5.6% (67,664  ±4,000.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
43% ±3.6% (30,442  ±2,563.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 32.7% 2,289,862 (±0.3% / ±21,961.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% (2,071  ±891) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.9% ±1.2% (4,562  ±913) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,562 Total veterans ±913 4,033 Male ±889 529 Female ±394

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