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Port Sheldon township, Ottawa County, MI

5,254 Population
22.3 square miles 235.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 36.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$63,719 ±$17,921 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ottawa County: $42,799 ±$1,053
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$107,400 ±$24,916 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ottawa County: $90,502 ±$1,860
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.6% ±1.6% (135  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Ottawa County: 8.3% 24,177 (±0.7% / ±1,900)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±2.4 (50,615  ±8,723) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 20.1 2,749,270 (±0.3 / ±58,797)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,858 ±171 Number of households
  • Ottawa County: 111,322 ±737
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (5,226  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 2.6 290,730 (±0 / ±276)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.8% ±1.3% (10  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ottawa County: 4.1% † 2,957 (±0.6% / ±449)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,259 ±203 Number of housing units
  • Ottawa County: 117,604 ±134
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$389,400 ±$31,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ottawa County: $323,400 ±$4,476
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±5.1% (474  ±268.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ottawa County: 12.4% 37,009 (±0.9% / ±2,773.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.8% ±7.8% (3,354  ±368.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ottawa County: 94.5% 182,257 (±1.6% / ±3,053.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.2% ±5.4% (1,472  ±219) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 38.9% 75,084 (±1% / ±1,934.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

13.8% ±7.5% (723  ±395) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ottawa County: 5.1% 15,269
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±2.4% (215  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 4.8% 11,005 (±0.3% / ±686)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
215 Total veterans ±97 215 Male ±97 N/A Female ±16

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