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Bay City city, Bay County, MI

32,445 Population
10.2 square miles 3,191.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bay County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,756 ±$1,605 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bay County: $34,858 ±$878
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$47,904 ±$2,840 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bay County: $60,523 ±$2,180
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

21.5% ±3.1% (6,901  ±1,002) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bay County: 14% 14,358 (±1.2% / ±1,269)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

20.8 minutes ±1.1 (282,875  ±19,941) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bay County: 23.4 1,022,010 (±0.7 / ±39,149)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

14,557 ±430 Number of households
  • Bay County: 44,917 ±389
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.2 ±0.1 (32,054  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bay County: 2.3 102,072 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.4% ±2.2% (421  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bay County: 4.4% † 945 (±1.1% / ±233)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

16,173 ±397 Number of housing units
  • Bay County: 48,620 ±60
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$89,900 ±$2,962 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bay County: $135,100 ±$5,219
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

12.3% ±2% (3,921  ±636.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bay County: 9.7% † 9,968 (±1.1% / ±1,080.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

88.6% ±3.4% (20,256  ±904.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bay County: 91.8% 69,008 (±2.3% / ±1,763.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
18.2% ±1.7% (4,159  ±402.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bay County: 21.4% 16,084 (±1.2% / ±865.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

1.8% ±0.6% (598  ±192) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bay County: 1.2% 1,200
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.5% ±1.1% (1,931  ±292) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Bay County: 7.9% 6,566 (±0.7% / ±545)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
1,931 Total veterans ±292 1,744 Male ±259 187 Female ±112

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