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Forest township, Genesee County, MI

4,430 Population
35.7 square miles 124.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Genesee County: 40.6 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,670 ±$3,745 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Genesee County: $34,587 ±$801
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$69,650 ±$7,780 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Genesee County: $60,673 ±$1,303
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

6.3% ±2.2% (275  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Genesee County: 15.9% 63,645 (±0.8% / ±2,995)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

32.9 minutes ±2.4 (57,160  ±6,748) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Genesee County: 26.9 4,152,565 (±0.5 / ±101,650)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,795 ±119 Number of households
  • Genesee County: 166,375 ±1,059
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.5 ±0.2 (4,430  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Genesee County: 2.4 399,088 (±0 / ±78)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.6% ±4.4% (45  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Genesee County: 5.2% † 4,643 (±0.6% / ±502)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,913 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Genesee County: 183,729 ±122
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$187,900 ±$13,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Genesee County: $172,900 ±$3,112
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

6.9% ±3.3% (301  ±144.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Genesee County: 11.6% 46,330 (±0.6% / ±2,361.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

90.9% ±7.2% (2,969  ±285.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Genesee County: 90.9% 254,834 (±1.3% / ±3,675.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
20.4% ±5.6% (665  ±185.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Genesee County: 22.8% 64,032 (±0.7% / ±1,926.7)
  • 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

0.6% ±0.6% (27  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Genesee County: 2.7% 11,030
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.9% ±2.1% (244  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Genesee County: 6.8% 21,234 (±0.3% / ±966)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
244 Total veterans ±75 239 Male ±74 5 Female ±8

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