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Howard City, MI

1,636 Population
2.4 square miles 677.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,783 ±$4,390 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $41,561 ±$506
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,688 ±$13,530 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $82,874 ±$875
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.9% ±8% (389  ±151) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 9.7% 109,944 (±0.4% / ±4,020)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.1 minutes ±12.1 (24,385  ±6,448) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 22 11,185,500 (±0.2 / ±140,231)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

710 ±144 Number of households
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 440,316 ±1,454
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.7 (1,635  ±326) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 2.6 1,133,323 (±0 / ±256)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±2.4% (15  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 4.9% 13,616 (±0.4% / ±1,008)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

740 ±140 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 467,528 ±253
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,200 ±$42,988 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $285,300 ±$2,130
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11% ±5.7% (179  ±98.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 11.9% 136,829 (±0.4% / ±4,615.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.7% ±23.8% (1,001  ±167.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 92.6% 720,782 (±0.8% / ±6,455.2)
  • 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)
7.1% ±3.3% (82  ±41.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 36.5% 284,544 (±0.5% / ±3,951.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about one-fifth 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

2.1% ±2.1% (34  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 6.8% 78,597
  • 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

10.1% ±5.3% (126  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 5.2% 46,902 (±0.2% / ±1,668)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
126 Total veterans ±71 119 Male ±70 7 Female ±7

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