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West Traverse township, Emmet County, MI

1,708 Population
13.4 square miles 127.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.8 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Emmet County: 46.4 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$61,955 ±$9,004 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Emmet County: $45,122 ±$2,273
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$93,447 ±$9,253 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Emmet County: $73,724 ±$5,841
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

4.1% ±2% (70  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Emmet County: 9.3% † 3,145 (±1.4% / ±469)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

24.2 minutes ±9.6 (15,575  ±4,331) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Emmet County: 20 298,960 (±1 / ±17,124)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

765 ±108 Number of households
  • Emmet County: 14,604 ±414
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.2 ±0.4 (1,708  ±219) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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

2.2% ±3% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Emmet County: 4.7% † 320 (±1.7% / ±113)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,334 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Emmet County: 21,886 ±55
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$371,700 ±$59,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Emmet County: $275,300 ±$10,772
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

12.7% ±6.2% (217  ±109.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 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

99.1% ±18.1% (1,399  ±176.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
54.5% ±5.4% (770  ±127) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Emmet County: 40.2% 10,204 (±2.1% / ±530.3)
  • more than 1.5 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

0.2% ±0.3% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Emmet County: 1.2% 420
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.9% ±3.3% (100  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Emmet County: 6.7% † 1,857 (±0.9% / ±244)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
100 Total veterans ±49 100 Male ±49 N/A Female ±11

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