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Muskegon, MI

37,226 Population
14.1 square miles 2,632 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 40 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,151 ±$1,760 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: $32,532 ±$729
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$44,735 ±$3,795 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: $65,024 ±$1,543
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

24.9% ±3.4% (8,123  ±1,106) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 14.1% 23,920 (±1% / ±1,646)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

20.6 minutes ±1.6 (268,520  ±26,810) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 21.6 1,537,195 (±0.6 / ±50,409)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

13,996 ±485 Number of households
  • the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 67,732 ±648
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.3 ±0.1 (32,759  ±154) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 2.5 170,270 (±0 / ±138)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

4.2% ±1.5% (372  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 4.2% † 1,621 (±0.7% / ±249)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

16,245 ±528 Number of housing units
  • the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 75,266 ±100
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$142,300 ±$8,572 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: $198,300 ±$4,508
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

18.6% ±3% (6,856  ±1,099) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 11.4% 19,949 (±0.9% / ±1,607)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

87.5% ±3.7% (21,667  ±1,090.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 92.1% 112,763 (±1.8% / ±2,168.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
15.5% ±1.7% (3,827  ±437.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 21.4% 26,126 (±0.9% / ±1,085.9)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.4% ±0.8% (1,252  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 1.9% 3,366
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

5.6% ±0.9% (1,620  ±274) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 7.2% 9,841 (±0.6% / ±745)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
1,620 Total veterans ±274 1,526 Male ±267 94 Female ±50

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