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Howard City, MI

1,683 Population
2.4 square miles 697 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,087 ±$3,708 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $39,932 ±$376
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$52,663 ±$11,703 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $80,296 ±$841
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

19.9% ±7.6% (333  ±143) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 9.9% 112,037 (±0.4% / ±4,153)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

30.5 minutes ±12.2 (22,990  ±6,485) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 22.1 11,358,550 (±0.2 / ±154,706)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

715 ±129 Number of households
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 436,435 ±1,292
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.2 (1,681  ±322) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 2.6 1,125,859 (±0 / ±274)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.5% ±4.3% (20  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 5.1% 13,935 (±0.4% / ±988)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

754 ±124 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 463,653 ±187
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$143,800 ±$42,904 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $261,600 ±$2,411
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

9.9% ±4.3% (165  ±77.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 12.5% 143,149 (±0.4% / ±4,754.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

88.2% ±21.2% (1,025  ±156.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 92.5% 712,037 (±0.8% / ±6,065.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
8% ±3.2% (93  ±41.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 35.4% 272,436 (±0.5% / ±3,770.5)
  • about one-quarter 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

1.8% ±2.1% (31  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 6.5% 75,444
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

8.8% ±3.8% (112  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 5.5% 48,318 (±0.2% / ±1,516)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
112 Total veterans ±53 103 Male ±51 9 Female ±8

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