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Spencer township, Kent County, MI

4,171 Population
34.6 square miles 120.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 35.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,499 ±$3,226 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kent County: $41,504 ±$509
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$75,840 ±$8,053 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kent County: $80,390 ±$1,068
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

11.2% ±6.6% (462  ±274) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Kent County: 10.6% 68,503 (±0.6% / ±3,536)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

29.5 minutes ±3.2 (59,965  ±10,129) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kent County: 21.2 6,236,100 (±0.3 / ±113,675)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,551 ±126 Number of households
  • Kent County: 254,860 ±920
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.7 ±0.2 (4,142  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kent County: 2.5 647,179 (±0 / ±251)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,044 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 267,071 ±149
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$224,400 ±$22,870 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kent County: $265,700 ±$3,150
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

15.1% ±6.1% (626  ±254.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 12.8% 83,653 (±0.6% / ±3,721.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

88.7% ±10.9% (2,577  ±352.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 92.3% 407,080 (±1.1% / ±4,798.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
20% ±5.8% (582  ±171) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Kent County: 39.6% 174,824 (±0.7% / ±3,025.7)
  • 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

0.3% ±0.5% (11  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kent County: 8.6% 56,807
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

8.1% ±3.6% (267  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kent County: 5.2% 26,119 (±0.2% / ±1,185)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
267 Total veterans ±118 240 Male ±112 27 Female ±43

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