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Blue Lake township, Muskegon County, MI

2,406 Population
33.6 square miles 71.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Muskegon County: 39.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,211 ±$3,874 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Muskegon County: $32,307 ±$980
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$75,446 ±$8,654 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Muskegon County: $63,495 ±$1,493
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

11.6% ±3.9% (278  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Muskegon County: 12.6% 21,347 (±1% / ±1,619)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

26.2 minutes ±0.7 (27,385  ±4,951) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Muskegon County: 22.3 1,589,065 (±0.6 / ±54,875)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

853 ±115 Number of households
  • Muskegon County: 67,112 ±563
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.8 ±0.1 (2,393  ±335) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Muskegon County: 2.5 169,545 (±0 / ±138)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

2% ±2.2% (11  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Muskegon County: 4.1% † 1,569 (±0.8% / ±292)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

956 ±110 Number of housing units
  • Muskegon County: 74,969 ±98
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$232,100 ±$34,305 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Muskegon County: $180,900 ±$3,836
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

3.9% ±2.2% (94  ±53.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Muskegon County: 12.3% 21,458 (±0.9% / ±1,636)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96.7% ±19.5% (1,660  ±224) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Muskegon County: 92.5% 112,296 (±1.8% / ±2,167.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
21.3% ±3.7% (366  ±83.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Muskegon County: 21.5% 26,037 (±0.9% / ±1,046.4)
  • about two-thirds 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% (7  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Muskegon County: 2.1% 3,588
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.5% ±2.1% (126  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Muskegon County: 7.7% 10,359 (±0.5% / ±615)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
126 Total veterans ±44 113 Male ±41 13 Female ±13

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