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Alpena township, Alpena County, MI

9,101 Population
104.8 square miles 86.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.3 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alpena County: 47.8 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,513 ±$4,385 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alpena County: $34,583 ±$2,475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,239 ±$6,996 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Alpena County: $53,950 ±$2,679
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±3.7% (1,705  ±332) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alpena County: 18% † 5,086 (±2.2% / ±632)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.4 minutes ±2.6 (55,780  ±10,629) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Alpena County: 17.5 192,470 (±1.4 / ±17,856)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,042 ±194 Number of households
  • Alpena County: 13,019 ±276
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (8,920  ±73) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alpena County: 2.2 28,274 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±2.6% (82  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Alpena County: 5.2% † 281 (±1.6% / ±87)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,793 ±210 Number of housing units
  • Alpena County: 15,707 ±85
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$183,600 ±$22,179 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alpena County: $153,900 ±$4,690
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±3% (937  ±272.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Alpena County: 10.6% † 3,035 (±1.6% / ±443)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±6.9% (6,510  ±525.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alpena County: 92.6% 20,086 (±3.7% / ±807.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.1% ±3.7% (1,665  ±260.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alpena County: 18.3% 3,977 (±1.7% / ±363.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.9% ±1.1% (173  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alpena County: 1.2% 349
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11% ±2.4% (803  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alpena County: 9.8% † 2,310 (±1.2% / ±283)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
803 Total veterans ±174 782 Male ±173 21 Female ±20

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