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Bear Creek township, Emmet County, MI

6,563 Population
39.6 square miles 165.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Emmet County: 46.4 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$44,694 ±$5,359 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Emmet County: $45,122 ±$2,273
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$66,818 ±$16,440 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Emmet County: $73,724 ±$5,841
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

10.1% ±5.1% (653  ±333) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Emmet County: 9.3% † 3,145 (±1.4% / ±469)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

17.5 minutes ±2.8 (51,000  ±9,932) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Emmet County: 20 298,960 (±1 / ±17,124)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

2,900 ±256 Number of households
  • Emmet County: 14,604 ±414
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.3 ±0.2 (6,558  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Emmet County: 2.3 33,739 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.7% ±3.9% (59  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Emmet County: 4.7% † 320 (±1.7% / ±113)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

4,310 ±314 Number of housing units
  • Emmet County: 21,886 ±55
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$303,300 ±$42,912 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Emmet County: $275,300 ±$10,772
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

13.3% ±4.2% (864  ±272.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Emmet County: 10.7% † 3,603 (±1.3% / ±444.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

98.4% ±8.3% (4,883  ±506.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Emmet County: 96% 24,345 (±3.3% / ±834.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
43% ±6.4% (2,137  ±345.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Emmet County: 40.2% 10,204 (±2.1% / ±530.3)
  • about 1.4 times 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

0.8% ±0.7% (53  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Emmet County: 1.2% 420
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.8% ±3.2% (425  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Emmet County: 6.7% † 1,857 (±0.9% / ±244)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
425 Total veterans ±177 379 Male ±147 46 Female ±66

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