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Wakefield township, Gogebic County, MI

464 Population
180.1 square miles 2.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Gogebic County: 51.3 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$45,869 ±$10,812 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Gogebic County: $34,085 ±$2,206
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$66,964 ±$28,836 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Gogebic County: $49,672 ±$4,577
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

8.8% ±1.4% (41  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gogebic County: 15% † 2,100 (±2.4% / ±335)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

28.4 minutes ±16.5 (6,435  ±5,022) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Gogebic County: 20 108,995 (±1.7 / ±11,095)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

209 ±49 Number of households
  • Gogebic County: 7,038 ±231
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.2 ±0.6 (464  ±165) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gogebic County: 2 14,029 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

22.1% ±25.4% (31  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Gogebic County: 6.2% † 155 (±2.8% / ±70)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

318 ±60 Number of housing units
  • Gogebic County: 10,400 ±27
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$135,300 ±$12,751 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Gogebic County: $99,700 ±$8,081
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

4.7% ±4.6% (22  ±22.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gogebic County: 8.2% † 1,168 (±1.4% / ±202.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96.5% ±37.3% (328  ±84.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gogebic County: 95.8% 10,738 (±4.5% / ±501.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
35.6% ±16.5% (121  ±66.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gogebic County: 21.9% 2,455 (±2% / ±218.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

0.4% ±0.6% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Gogebic County: 0.8% 120
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

8.7% ±2.9% (32  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gogebic County: 10.6% † 1,270 (±1.3% / ±152)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
32 Total veterans ±15 32 Male ±15 N/A Female ±11

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