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Buena Vista charter township, Saginaw County, MI

7,568 Population
35.5 square miles 213.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±6.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Saginaw County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,277 ±$3,347 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Saginaw County: $34,578 ±$791
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,397 ±$9,187 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Saginaw County: $60,622 ±$1,588
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.7% ±6.6% (1,558  ±498) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Saginaw County: 18.2% 33,290 (±1.2% / ±2,213)
  • about 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)

20.3 minutes ±2.3 (49,540  ±10,448) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saginaw County: 22.4 1,621,305 (±0.6 / ±56,281)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,116 ±324 Number of households
  • Saginaw County: 77,958 ±704
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (7,556  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Saginaw County: 2.3 182,381 (±0 / ±109)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.3% ±9.9% (167  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Saginaw County: 5.9% † 2,435 (±1.1% / ±439)
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,846 ±431 Number of housing units
  • Saginaw County: 86,208 ±109
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$67,900 ±$10,102 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Saginaw County: $152,800 ±$2,921
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±4.4% (516  ±332.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Saginaw County: 9.9% 18,387 (±0.9% / ±1,628.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.1% ±8.5% (4,402  ±542.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Saginaw County: 91.6% 120,120 (±1.7% / ±2,248.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.5% ±4.4% (529  ±224.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Saginaw County: 24.4% 31,982 (±0.9% / ±1,168)
  • about one-third 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

1.9% ±2.1% (140  ±157) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Saginaw County: 2.4% 4,512
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±2.9% (446  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Saginaw County: 6.6% 9,767 (±0.4% / ±628)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
446 Total veterans ±165 446 Male ±165 N/A Female ±16

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