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Buchanan, MI

4,259 Population
2.5 square miles 1,688.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±6.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,687 ±$2,903 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Niles, MI Metro Area: $37,747 ±$988
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$54,068 ±$6,884 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Niles, MI Metro Area: $63,152 ±$1,945
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

6.7% ±3.2% (284  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 15.2% 22,818 (±1.2% / ±1,799)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

19.3 minutes ±1.6 (39,120  ±6,605) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 20.9 1,285,985 (±0.5 / ±43,129)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,780 ±156 Number of households
  • the Niles, MI Metro Area: 63,651 ±629
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.2 (4,248  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 2.4 150,369 (±0 / ±45)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,112 ±203 Number of housing units
  • the Niles, MI Metro Area: 77,127 ±77
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$138,400 ±$11,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Niles, MI Metro Area: $211,400 ±$3,842
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

18.7% ±9.2% (797  ±392.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 11.8% 17,871 (±1% / ±1,519.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

94.7% ±12.3% (2,557  ±378.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 92.3% 99,653 (±1.9% / ±2,020.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
14.7% ±4.9% (398  ±134.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 30.3% 32,651 (±1% / ±1,068.6)
  • about half 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

0.6% ±0.7% (27  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 5.4% 8,317
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.5% ±3.6% (243  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Niles, MI Metro Area: 6.1% 7,364 (±0.5% / ±548)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
243 Total veterans ±118 243 Male ±118 N/A Female ±11

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