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Lafayette township, Gratiot County, MI

569 Population
36 square miles 15.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gratiot County: 39.7 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,291 ±$7,380 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Gratiot County: $29,558 ±$1,469
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$75,313 ±$11,778 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Gratiot County: $61,128 ±$2,280
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

10.1% ±7.8% (57  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gratiot County: 14.3% † 5,050 (±1.6% / ±572)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

35.8 minutes ±7.9 (8,445  ±2,887) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Gratiot County: 24.6 385,465 (±1.3 / ±22,670)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

239 ±69 Number of households
  • Gratiot County: 14,511 ±258
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.9 (569  ±131) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Gratiot County: 2.5 35,523 (±0 / ±129)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

16% ±14.2% (16  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Gratiot County: 6.7% † 563 (±1.6% / ±134)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

275 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Gratiot County: 16,051 ±105
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$143,500 ±$36,165 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Gratiot County: $136,800 ±$8,167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

1.3% ±3.1% (7  ±17.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Gratiot County: 12.4% † 5,109 (±1.6% / ±675.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

90.4% ±28.9% (365  ±75.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gratiot County: 91.9% 26,213 (±2.7% / ±784.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
15.8% ±5.6% (64  ±27.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gratiot County: 19% 5,427 (±1.4% / ±391.8)
  • about half 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

1.6% ±2.4% (9  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gratiot County: 1.3% 532
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.1% ±3.3% (27  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gratiot County: 5.4% † 1,792 (±0.6% / ±203)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
27 Total veterans ±16 26 Male ±16 1 Female ±3

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