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Bates township, Iron County, MI

943 Population
125.7 square miles 7.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.6 ±5.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Iron County: 53.2 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,395 ±$4,570 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Iron County: $33,488 ±$2,975
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$51,563 ±$16,530 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Iron County: $53,614 ±$3,997
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

15% ±5.4% (139  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iron County: 16.9% † 1,909 (±2.7% / ±301)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

27.7 minutes ±5.4 (8,460  ±2,852) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iron County: 20.1 81,160 (±1.4 / ±6,931)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

451 ±75 Number of households
  • Iron County: 5,354 ±169
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.1 ±0.1 (943  ±169) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iron County: 2.1 11,316 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

6.8% ±9.2% (9  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iron County: 4.9% † 91 (±2.6% / ±48)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

950 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Iron County: 9,046 ±33
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$141,500 ±$42,545 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iron County: $101,500 ±$7,949
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

3.6% ±2.5% (33  ±23.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iron County: 8.4% † 967 (±1.6% / ±187)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93.7% ±19% (683  ±92.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iron County: 93.4% 8,436 (±3.9% / ±349.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
19.3% ±5.4% (141  ±44.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Iron County: 20.6% 1,858 (±1.7% / ±156.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.2% ±1.8% (21  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Iron County: 0.8% 91
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.6% ±2.6% (60  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iron County: 10.5% 1,012 (±0.9% / ±84)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
60 Total veterans ±23 60 Male ±23 N/A Female ±11

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