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Chester township, Ottawa County, MI

2,189 Population
35.6 square miles 61.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±4.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 36.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,835 ±$3,926 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ottawa County: $40,682 ±$806
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$77,917 ±$11,147 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ottawa County: $87,144 ±$2,130
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

8.4% ±6.1% (182  ±135) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Ottawa County: 8.2% 23,541 (±0.6% / ±1,856)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

27.8 minutes ±2.7 (28,665  ±5,006) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ottawa County: 20.4 2,807,345 (±0.4 / ±70,326)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

771 ±77 Number of households
  • Ottawa County: 110,019 ±682
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.7 ±0.1 (2,108  ±220) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 2.6 288,444 (±0 / ±275)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

2.4% ±2.1% (11  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Ottawa County: 4.6% † 3,309 (±0.6% / ±438)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

852 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Ottawa County: 116,173 ±132
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$243,500 ±$20,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ottawa County: $291,200 ±$3,271
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

4.6% ±3.1% (100  ±68) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Ottawa County: 13.1% 38,671 (±0.9% / ±2,668.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93.2% ±3.7% (1,299  ±132.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ottawa County: 94.1% 178,875 (±1.6% / ±2,961)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
23.5% ±3.1% (327  ±52.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ottawa County: 37.5% 71,321 (±1% / ±1,802.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

4.1% ±3.7% (89  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ottawa County: 5% 14,956
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7% ±2.3% (112  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ottawa County: 4.8% 10,943 (±0.3% / ±686)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
112 Total veterans ±39 95 Male ±36 17 Female ±13

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