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Rapid River township, Kalkaska County, MI

1,499 Population
35.1 square miles 42.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kalkaska County: 44 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,540 ±$4,807 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kalkaska County: $32,904 ±$1,927
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$66,935 ±$4,261 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kalkaska County: $60,365 ±$2,775
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

11.6% ±6.8% (173  ±106) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kalkaska County: 14.1% † 2,529 (±2% / ±350)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

28.6 minutes ±6.5 (22,445  ±6,842) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kalkaska County: 29.7 210,510 (±1.6 / ±13,915)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

560 ±93 Number of households
  • Kalkaska County: 7,716 ±220
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.7 ±0.3 (1,499  ±292) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kalkaska County: 2.3 17,932 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

0.6% ±1.5% (2  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kalkaska County: 3.1% † 112 (±1.3% / ±48)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

684 ±100 Number of housing units
  • Kalkaska County: 11,655 ±37
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$158,700 ±$16,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kalkaska County: $174,300 ±$7,169
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

7.2% ±3.9% (107  ±60.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kalkaska County: 9.3% † 1,667 (±1.7% / ±302.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93.8% ±19.6% (963  ±138.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kalkaska County: 89.9% 11,901 (±3.4% / ±449.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
20.1% ±6.9% (206  ±77.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kalkaska County: 18.2% 2,414 (±1.7% / ±219.7)
  • 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

1.9% ±1.4% (29  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kalkaska County: 1.2% 216
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5% ±2% (57  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Kalkaska County: 9.7% 1,398 (±1% / ±138)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
57 Total veterans ±25 54 Male ±26 3 Female ±5

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