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Battle Creek city, Calhoun County, MI

52,374 Population
42.6 square miles 1,229 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Calhoun County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,455 ±$1,298 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $34,349 ±$901
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,693 ±$4,942 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $63,177 ±$2,107
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±2.1% (9,065  ±1,067) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Calhoun County: 13.9% 18,177 (±1.1% / ±1,483)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.6 minutes ±1 (392,545  ±26,180) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Calhoun County: 20.5 1,096,200 (±0.5 / ±33,455)
  • 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

21,128 ±531 Number of households
  • Calhoun County: 53,333 ±559
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (51,271  ±67) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Calhoun County: 2.4 130,086 (±0 / ±84)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±1.1% (581  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Calhoun County: 5.7% † 1,705 (±0.9% / ±257)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,600 ±446 Number of housing units
  • Calhoun County: 59,602 ±87
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$141,900 ±$10,010 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $162,800 ±$2,882
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±1.6% (6,378  ±820.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Calhoun County: 11.6% 15,269 (±1% / ±1,334.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±3.4% (31,484  ±1,292.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Calhoun County: 91.4% 83,998 (±2.1% / ±1,942.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.9% ±1.8% (7,623  ±628.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Calhoun County: 22.9% 21,057 (±1.1% / ±1,009.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

7.4% ±1.1% (3,880  ±560) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Calhoun County: 4.1% 5,502
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±0.9% (2,655  ±347) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Calhoun County: 7.2% 7,436 (±0.6% / ±579)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,655 Total veterans ±347 2,441 Male ±342 214 Female ±91

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