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Big Rapids charter township, Mecosta County, MI

3,984 Population
30.5 square miles 130.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mecosta County: 40.6 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,670 ±$3,822 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mecosta County: $28,744 ±$873
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$57,045 ±$11,844 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Mecosta County: $57,774 ±$2,199
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

24.3% ±8% (944  ±311) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mecosta County: 19.2% 7,296 (±1.7% / ±638)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

16.6 minutes ±2 (26,345  ±5,450) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mecosta County: 23.9 371,030 (±0.9 / ±17,543)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,680 ±129 Number of households
  • Mecosta County: 16,312 ±309
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.3 ±0.2 (3,904  ±47) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mecosta County: 2.3 38,067 (±0 / ±67)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.7% ±4.6% (56  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mecosta County: 6% † 537 (±1.5% / ±131)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,828 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Mecosta County: 21,045 ±54
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$232,100 ±$23,317 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mecosta County: $169,900 ±$6,591
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

20.2% ±6.2% (792  ±244.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mecosta County: 16.9% 6,739 (±1.6% / ±631.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96.3% ±9.9% (2,443  ±317.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mecosta County: 91.7% 24,566 (±2.7% / ±743.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
39% ±7.1% (989  ±197.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mecosta County: 22.7% 6,085 (±1.4% / ±378.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

5.7% ±2.6% (225  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mecosta County: 1.7% 676
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.7% ±3.3% (217  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mecosta County: 7.5% 2,425 (±0.7% / ±224)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
217 Total veterans ±107 141 Male ±53 76 Female ±103

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