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Big Prairie township, Newaygo County, MI

2,494 Population
31.5 square miles 79.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.9 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Newaygo County: 42.7 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,947 ±$4,869 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Newaygo County: $31,564 ±$812
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,289 ±$5,880 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Newaygo County: $63,304 ±$2,643
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.1% ±6.9% (551  ±173) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Newaygo County: 12.8% † 6,440 (±1.4% / ±685)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37.7 minutes ±4.8 (33,255  ±5,986) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Newaygo County: 30.6 603,280 (±1.1 / ±27,641)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,108 ±98 Number of households
  • Newaygo County: 19,651 ±344
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,494  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Newaygo County: 2.6 50,174 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.1% ±1.9% (5  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Newaygo County: 6.7% † 670 (±1.9% / ±193)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,600 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Newaygo County: 24,931 ±72
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$143,500 ±$26,390 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Newaygo County: $186,700 ±$7,057
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±4.6% (256  ±115.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Newaygo County: 10.1% † 5,082 (±1.2% / ±609.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.5% ±7.5% (1,639  ±182) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Newaygo County: 89.4% 32,257 (±2.4% / ±871.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.8% ±3.6% (176  ±73.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Newaygo County: 18.1% 6,543 (±1.2% / ±424.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% ±2.2% (74  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Newaygo County: 2.1% 1,065
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±2.6% (209  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Newaygo County: 7.5% 2,965 (±0.7% / ±259)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
209 Total veterans ±56 193 Male ±53 16 Female ±17

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