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Blue Lake township, Kalkaska County, MI

424 Population
35 square miles 12.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kalkaska County: 44 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$57,325 ±$21,096 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kalkaska County: $32,904 ±$1,927
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$69,792 ±$23,677 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kalkaska County: $60,365 ±$2,775
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

16% ±6.4% (68  ±31) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kalkaska County: 14.1% † 2,529 (±2% / ±350)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

48.2 minutes ±26.9 (5,975  ±4,894) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Kalkaska County: 29.7 210,510 (±1.6 / ±13,915)
  • about double the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

223 ±53 Number of households
  • Kalkaska County: 7,716 ±220
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
1.9 ±0.6 (424  ±96) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kalkaska County: 2.3 17,932 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

10.5% ±13.4% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Kalkaska County: 3.1% † 112 (±1.3% / ±48)
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

750 ±107 Number of housing units
  • Kalkaska County: 11,655 ±37
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$360,300 ±$34,651 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Kalkaska County: $174,300 ±$7,169
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

18.3% ±9.3% (77  ±42.9) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Kalkaska County: 9.3% † 1,667 (±1.7% / ±302.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

97.8% ±27.6% (393  ±71.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kalkaska County: 89.9% 11,901 (±3.4% / ±449.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
40.8% ±9.6% (164  ±52.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Kalkaska County: 18.2% 2,414 (±1.7% / ±219.7)
  • about 1.3 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

1.9% ±1.6% (8  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kalkaska County: 1.2% 216
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

9.4% ±5% (38  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Kalkaska County: 9.7% 1,398 (±1% / ±138)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
38 Total veterans ±22 34 Male ±20 4 Female ±5

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