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Merritt township, Bay County, MI

1,359 Population
31.6 square miles 42.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bay County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,698 ±$4,017 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Bay County: $34,858 ±$878
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$82,500 ±$11,606 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Bay County: $60,523 ±$2,180
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

7.7% ±4.1% (104  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Bay County: 14% 14,358 (±1.2% / ±1,269)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

30.7 minutes ±6.2 (19,150  ±5,597) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Bay County: 23.4 1,022,010 (±0.7 / ±39,149)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

550 ±69 Number of households
  • Bay County: 44,917 ±389
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.5 ±0.2 (1,357  ±191) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bay County: 2.3 102,072 (±0 / ±18)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

9.1% ±6.3% (20  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Bay County: 4.4% † 945 (±1.1% / ±233)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

599 ±74 Number of housing units
  • Bay County: 48,620 ±60
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$137,000 ±$31,249 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Bay County: $135,100 ±$5,219
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

4.5% ±2.9% (60  ±39.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Bay County: 9.7% † 9,968 (±1.1% / ±1,080.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

92.1% ±16.6% (987  ±114.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bay County: 91.8% 69,008 (±2.3% / ±1,763.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
20.2% ±4.4% (216  ±55.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than 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

1.1% ±1.5% (15  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Bay County: 1.2% 1,200
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5.8% ±2.4% (67  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bay County: 7.9% 6,566 (±0.7% / ±545)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
67 Total veterans ±29 66 Male ±29 1 Female ±3

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