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Wheeler township, Gratiot County, MI

2,591 Population
35.9 square miles 72.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gratiot County: 39.6 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,952 ±$3,049 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Gratiot County: $30,221 ±$1,570
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,149 ±$4,751 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Gratiot County: $63,556 ±$2,453
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±4.1% (313  ±105) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gratiot County: 14% † 4,938 (±1.6% / ±580)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27 minutes ±1.3 (29,485  ±3,446) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gratiot County: 23.9 375,160 (±1.1 / ±21,628)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

978 ±89 Number of households
  • Gratiot County: 14,775 ±214
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (2,539  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gratiot County: 2.4 35,455 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±2.4% (22  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Gratiot County: 7.1% † 598 (±1.4% / ±120)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,015 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Gratiot County: 16,081 ±97
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,400 ±$11,766 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gratiot County: $147,500 ±$6,964
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±5% (292  ±127.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gratiot County: 12.6% † 5,144 (±1.7% / ±707.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.8% ±7.7% (1,739  ±177.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gratiot County: 91.7% 26,269 (±2.7% / ±780.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.9% ±3.3% (294  ±63.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gratiot County: 18.7% 5,357 (±1.4% / ±395.9)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.1% ±0.2% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Gratiot County: 1.3% 555
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.3% (111  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Gratiot County: 5.5% † 1,844 (±0.7% / ±218)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
111 Total veterans ±27 109 Male ±26 2 Female ±3

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