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Battle Creek city, Calhoun County, MI

52,392 Population
42.6 square miles 1,229.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Calhoun County: 40.2 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,763 ±$1,150 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $33,239 ±$868
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$51,699 ±$4,461 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $60,385 ±$1,762
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

18% ±1.9% (9,292  ±987) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Calhoun County: 14.2% 18,521 (±1% / ±1,345)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

18.9 minutes ±0.9 (402,550  ±25,495) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Calhoun County: 20.6 1,102,930 (±0.5 / ±35,377)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

21,233 ±502 Number of households
  • Calhoun County: 53,431 ±484
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.1 (51,336  ±100) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Calhoun County: 2.4 130,141 (±0 / ±80)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.7% ±1.4% (593  ±171) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Calhoun County: 5.5% † 1,622 (±0.9% / ±266)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

23,717 ±527 Number of housing units
  • Calhoun County: 59,626 ±99
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$127,600 ±$7,125 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $151,500 ±$3,614
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

12.6% ±1.9% (6,541  ±979.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Calhoun County: 11.6% 15,311 (±1% / ±1,365.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

90% ±3.4% (31,422  ±1,299.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Calhoun County: 90.9% 83,372 (±2% / ±1,794.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
22.1% ±1.8% (7,708  ±631.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Calhoun County: 22.2% 20,362 (±1% / ±916.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

7.9% ±1.3% (4,135  ±682) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Calhoun County: 4.2% 5,633
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7% ±0.8% (2,740  ±331) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Calhoun County: 7.5% 7,729 (±0.5% / ±558)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
2,740 Total veterans ±331 2,559 Male ±315 181 Female ±100

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