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Colon township, St. Joseph County, MI

3,317 Population
34.4 square miles 96.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Joseph County: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,420 ±$2,827 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in St. Joseph County: $31,170 ±$996
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$58,523 ±$6,808 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in St. Joseph County: $64,707 ±$2,507
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

12.8% ±5% (426  ±165) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in St. Joseph County: 12% † 7,186 (±1.3% / ±788)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

22.5 minutes ±1.3 (28,940  ±4,957) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Joseph County: 21 532,430 (±0.8 / ±23,468)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,350 ±169 Number of households
  • St. Joseph County: 23,610 ±384
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.5 ±0.3 (3,309  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in St. Joseph County: 2.6 60,207 (±0 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

3.9% ±4.7% (27  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in St. Joseph County: 4.6% † 581 (±1.1% / ±142)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,851 ±188 Number of housing units
  • St. Joseph County: 27,248 ±97
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$144,900 ±$29,336 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in St. Joseph County: $167,600 ±$5,314
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

8% ±4% (262  ±129.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in St. Joseph County: 10.1% † 6,082 (±1.1% / ±681.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

70.6% ±8.7% (1,678  ±242.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in St. Joseph County: 86.3% 35,610 (±2.4% / ±1,009.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
11.6% ±3.3% (275  ±80) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Joseph County: 17.1% 7,066 (±1.1% / ±434.8)
  • about one-third 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

0.5% ±0.4% (15  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in St. Joseph County: 4.1% 2,479
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.4% ±2.5% (168  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Joseph County: 7.1% 3,255 (±0.6% / ±255)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
168 Total veterans ±67 163 Male ±67 5 Female ±7

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