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Traverse City city, Grand Traverse County, MI

15,328 Population
7.9 square miles 1,935.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Grand Traverse County: 43.1 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,044 ±$6,149 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Grand Traverse County: $43,501 ±$1,426
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$71,038 ±$7,431 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grand Traverse County: $79,486 ±$2,455
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

9.1% ±2.5% (1,340  ±375) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Grand Traverse County: 8.6% † 8,091 (±1.1% / ±1,019)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

18.8 minutes ±3.1 (125,535  ±22,567) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grand Traverse County: 21.2 877,210 (±0.7 / ±37,107)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

7,220 ±349 Number of households
  • Grand Traverse County: 39,596 ±534
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2 ±0.1 (14,646  ±104) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grand Traverse County: 2.4 93,938 (±0 / ±41)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

2.6% ±2.1% (85  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Grand Traverse County: 4.3% † 854 (±1.2% / ±233)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

8,477 ±447 Number of housing units
  • Grand Traverse County: 46,435 ±53
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$363,700 ±$22,980 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Grand Traverse County: $296,200 ±$7,860
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

15.7% ±2.9% (2,391  ±441.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Grand Traverse County: 11.4% 10,873 (±1.1% / ±1,065.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

95.6% ±5.5% (11,003  ±760.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grand Traverse County: 95.1% 66,317 (±2.6% / ±1,803.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
46.6% ±3.9% (5,358  ±494.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Grand Traverse County: 40.3% 28,070 (±1.7% / ±1,164)
  • about 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

3.5% ±1.1% (536  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Grand Traverse County: 2.1% 2,011
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5.1% ±1.5% (650  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Grand Traverse County: 7.2% 5,561 (±0.7% / ±496)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
650 Total veterans ±189 578 Male ±181 72 Female ±60

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