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Port Sheldon township, Ottawa County, MI

5,334 Population
22.3 square miles 239.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 36.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$56,341 ±$12,688 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ottawa County: $40,682 ±$806
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$99,042 ±$20,311 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ottawa County: $87,144 ±$2,130
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

2.8% ±1.7% (148  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Ottawa County: 8.2% 23,541 (±0.6% / ±1,856)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

24.4 minutes ±1.8 (53,655  ±7,931) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 20.4 2,807,345 (±0.4 / ±70,326)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,878 ±140 Number of households
  • Ottawa County: 110,019 ±682
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.8 ±0.2 (5,184  ±45) 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

3.6% ±4.2% (37  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ottawa County: 4.6% † 3,309 (±0.6% / ±438)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

2,171 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Ottawa County: 116,173 ±132
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$396,300 ±$33,324 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ottawa County: $291,200 ±$3,271
  • nearly double the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

11.4% ±5.7% (604  ±304.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ottawa County: 13.1% 38,671 (±0.9% / ±2,668.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

94.1% ±7.8% (3,542  ±368.1) 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)
39.7% ±4.9% (1,492  ±208.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 37.5% 71,321 (±1% / ±1,802.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

14.2% ±6.8% (756  ±364) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ottawa County: 5% 14,956
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

4.2% ±1.5% (170  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ottawa County: 4.8% 10,943 (±0.3% / ±686)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
170 Total veterans ±61 170 Male ±61 N/A Female ±15

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