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Cato township, Montcalm County, MI

2,931 Population
35.2 square miles 83.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montcalm County: 40.1 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,863 ±$4,247 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Montcalm County: $29,442 ±$681
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$66,760 ±$9,879 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Montcalm County: $64,892 ±$2,061
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

14.2% ±8.9% (407  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montcalm County: 12% † 7,720 (±1.3% / ±866)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

32.6 minutes ±3.6 (32,930  ±6,974) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montcalm County: 29.9 812,515 (±0.9 / ±34,458)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,027 ±120 Number of households
  • Montcalm County: 24,153 ±350
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.8 ±0.3 (2,899  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Montcalm County: 2.7 64,420 (±0 / ±75)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

3.9% ±2.8% (22  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montcalm County: 5.2% † 687 (±1.1% / ±149)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,234 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Montcalm County: 28,046 ±58
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$165,300 ±$11,948 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Montcalm County: $172,100 ±$5,230
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

12.9% ±7.5% (375  ±216.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montcalm County: 10% † 6,666 (±1.2% / ±771.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

88.2% ±11.8% (1,780  ±264.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montcalm County: 88.3% 42,093 (±2.3% / ±1,146.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
14.2% ±4% (287  ±82.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Montcalm County: 14.9% 7,100 (±1.1% / ±507)
  • 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

1.2% ±1.4% (34  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Montcalm County: 2.2% 1,503
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

11.7% ±3.8% (263  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montcalm County: 8.1% 4,294 (±0.8% / ±412)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
263 Total veterans ±86 187 Male ±62 76 Female ±60

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