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Wakeshma township, Kalamazoo County, MI

1,366 Population
36.1 square miles 37.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kalamazoo County: 34.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,158 ±$3,249 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kalamazoo County: $39,915 ±$1,067
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$75,417 ±$19,966 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kalamazoo County: $70,525 ±$1,367
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

7.8% ±3.5% (106  ±52) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kalamazoo County: 13.3% 33,669 (±0.8% / ±2,131)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

27.7 minutes ±9.4 (13,195  ±2,939) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kalamazoo County: 20.3 2,336,145 (±0.3 / ±53,616)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

497 ±73 Number of households
  • Kalamazoo County: 106,251 ±764
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.7 ±0.4 (1,360  ±278) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kalamazoo County: 2.4 253,691 (±0 / ±154)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.7% ±3.6% (12  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kalamazoo County: 4.9% † 3,281 (±0.8% / ±529)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

528 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Kalamazoo County: 114,463 ±99
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$178,000 ±$27,352 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kalamazoo County: $227,500 ±$3,058
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

7% ±6.3% (95  ±87.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Kalamazoo County: 15.2% 39,189 (±0.9% / ±2,255.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

92.6% ±6.4% (889  ±144.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kalamazoo County: 94.3% 156,631 (±1.7% / ±2,889)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
17.5% ±7.5% (168  ±76.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kalamazoo County: 40.8% 67,819 (±1.2% / ±1,926)
  • 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

0.5% ±0.7% (7  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kalamazoo County: 5.8% 15,262
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5.9% ±3.1% (59  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kalamazoo County: 5.9% 11,994 (±0.4% / ±840)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
59 Total veterans ±32 58 Male ±32 1 Female ±3

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