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Ferry township, Oceana County, MI

1,243 Population
36 square miles 34.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±7.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oceana County: 43.9 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,422 ±$3,116 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oceana County: $31,577 ±$1,384
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$55,500 ±$14,254 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oceana County: $63,624 ±$3,124
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

7% ±2.8% (87  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Oceana County: 13.3% 3,499 (±1.3% / ±345)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

33.1 minutes ±6.5 (18,495  ±7,243) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Oceana County: 23.7 249,675 (±1.1 / ±14,118)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

476 ±82 Number of households
  • Oceana County: 10,247 ±218
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.6 ±0.2 (1,237  ±241) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oceana County: 2.6 26,141 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

2.9% ±3.3% (5  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oceana County: 7.1% † 357 (±1.7% / ±86)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

553 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Oceana County: 15,645 ±61
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$159,000 ±$47,553 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Oceana County: $167,600 ±$6,133
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

3.8% ±1.5% (47  ±21.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oceana County: 9.1% † 2,423 (±1.2% / ±323.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

88% ±22.1% (784  ±126.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Oceana County: 90.6% 17,209 (±2.8% / ±538.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
16.7% ±4.4% (149  ±48.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oceana County: 21% 3,985 (±1.6% / ±302.8)
  • 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

0.7% ±1.4% (9  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Oceana County: 4.6% 1,228
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

8% ±4.3% (83  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Oceana County: 7.9% 1,659 (±0.7% / ±154)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
83 Total veterans ±48 77 Male ±46 6 Female ±7

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