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Muskegon Heights, MI

9,841 Population
3.2 square miles 3,089.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 40 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,548 ±$1,424 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: $32,532 ±$729
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$35,239 ±$3,555 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: $65,024 ±$1,543
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34.1% ±6.1% (3,317  ±596) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 14.1% 23,920 (±1% / ±1,646)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.6 minutes ±2.2 (59,250  ±9,185) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 21.6 1,537,195 (±0.6 / ±50,409)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,847 ±284 Number of households
  • the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 67,732 ±648
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (9,711  ±48) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 2.5 170,270 (±0 / ±138)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±1.6% (52  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 4.2% † 1,621 (±0.7% / ±249)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,630 ±288 Number of housing units
  • the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 75,266 ±100
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$68,000 ±$12,069 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: $198,300 ±$4,508
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.9% ±4.8% (1,844  ±472.8) 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)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.2% ±6.3% (5,388  ±469.9) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.6% ±2.3% (517  ±143.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 21.4% 26,126 (±0.9% / ±1,085.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.8% ±0.8% (79  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 1.9% 3,366
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±1.5% (290  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 7.2% 9,841 (±0.6% / ±745)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
290 Total veterans ±104 247 Male ±90 43 Female ±42

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