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Dowagiac city, Cass County, MI

5,677 Population
4.5 square miles 1,274.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cass County: 45.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,286 ±$4,290 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cass County: $38,544 ±$1,515
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$38,433 ±$8,367 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cass County: $68,011 ±$2,756
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

30.4% ±7% (1,716  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Cass County: 13.2% † 6,752 (±1.7% / ±844)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

24.8 minutes ±6.5 (59,910  ±17,157) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cass County: 25.1 550,475 (±0.9 / ±26,521)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

2,638 ±222 Number of households
  • Cass County: 21,089 ±348
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.1 ±0.2 (5,653  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cass County: 2.4 51,172 (±0 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

12% ±7.5% (153  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cass County: 6.7% † 694 (±1.5% / ±159)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

3,026 ±297 Number of housing units
  • Cass County: 25,543 ±49
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$110,300 ±$23,108 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Cass County: $205,200 ±$10,074
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

19.1% ±6.9% (1,065  ±386) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cass County: 12.1% † 6,178 (±1.5% / ±771.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

85.3% ±8.9% (3,342  ±447.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cass County: 90.2% 33,410 (±2.8% / ±1,052.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
12.1% ±4.1% (475  ±165) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cass County: 21.6% 7,987 (±1.5% / ±556.4)
  • about two-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

2.5% ±1.7% (141  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cass County: 2.3% 1,185
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.9% ±3.1% (306  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cass County: 8.1% † 3,315 (±0.8% / ±336)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
306 Total veterans ±137 285 Male ±139 21 Female ±20

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