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Rapid City, MI

1,315 Population
5.4 square miles 243.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±9.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 46.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,757 ±$4,133 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $43,440 ±$1,025
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$65,438 ±$15,209 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $77,495 ±$1,749
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

13.8% ±5.8% (181  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 9.2% 14,039 (±0.8% / ±1,185)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

24.8 minutes ±5.5 (11,425  ±3,524) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 22.8 1,456,375 (±0.6 / ±48,620)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

608 ±93 Number of households
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 64,217 ±611
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.2 ±0.4 (1,315  ±171) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 2.4 152,007 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

6.1% ±6.8% (12  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 4.1% † 1,248 (±0.8% / ±251)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

892 ±101 Number of housing units
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 85,951 ±136
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$212,500 ±$25,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $286,500 ±$5,294
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

3.7% ±4.5% (48  ±59.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 10.3% 15,847 (±0.8% / ±1,238.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

94.6% ±6.8% (985  ±168) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 94.6% 108,525 (±1.8% / ±2,041.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
13% ±4.5% (135  ±50.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 38.5% 44,164 (±1.1% / ±1,292.9)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.5% ±0.8% (7  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 1.9% 2,938
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

12.9% ±6.7% (140  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 7.9% 9,876 (±0.4% / ±555)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
140 Total veterans ±76 135 Male ±77 5 Female ±7

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