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Traverse City, MI

15,593 Population
8.3 square miles 1,884.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 46.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,432 ±$6,361 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $45,393 ±$984
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$74,087 ±$7,199 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $80,889 ±$2,176
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

12.3% ±2.8% (1,840  ±427) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 9.5% 14,570 (±0.8% / ±1,273)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

17.2 minutes ±1.7 (106,250  ±14,028) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 22.5 1,420,705 (±0.7 / ±50,534)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

7,191 ±353 Number of households
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 65,429 ±855
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.1 ±0.1 (14,834  ±143) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 2.3 152,729 (±0 / ±101)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

3.5% ±2.2% (114  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 4.5% † 1,372 (±0.9% / ±273)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

8,479 ±404 Number of housing units
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 86,778 ±161
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$415,400 ±$20,684 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $324,300 ±$6,515
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

14.4% ±3.1% (2,237  ±473.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 10.3% 15,857 (±0.9% / ±1,370.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

96.9% ±5.2% (11,297  ±739.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 95.1% 110,037 (±1.8% / ±2,035.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
47.4% ±3.6% (5,525  ±467.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 39.4% 45,567 (±1.1% / ±1,266.2)
  • about 1.5 times 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

2.5% ±0.7% (388  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 1.9% 2,886
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

4% ±1.3% (524  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 7.3% 9,271 (±0.5% / ±597)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
524 Total veterans ±173 489 Male ±164 35 Female ±32

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