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Watersmeet, MI

273 Population
9.2 square miles 29.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±16.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gogebic County: 51.3 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,190 ±$7,298 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gogebic County: $34,085 ±$2,206
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$60,708 ±$13,723 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Gogebic County: $49,672 ±$4,577
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

5.5% ±8.2% (15  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gogebic County: 15% † 2,100 (±2.4% / ±335)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

9.6 minutes ±5.4 (1,240  ±888) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Gogebic County: 20 108,995 (±1.7 / ±11,095)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

121 ±47 Number of households
  • Gogebic County: 7,038 ±231
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.3 ±1.2 (273  ±97) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gogebic County: 2 14,029 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

15.6% ±22.2% (10  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Gogebic County: 6.2% † 155 (±2.8% / ±70)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

187 ±54 Number of housing units
  • Gogebic County: 10,400 ±27
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$68,500 ±$46,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gogebic County: $99,700 ±$8,081
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

11% ±12.1% (30  ±34.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Gogebic County: 8.2% † 1,168 (±1.4% / ±202.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

98.4% ±51.8% (182  ±66.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Gogebic County: 95.8% 10,738 (±4.5% / ±501.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
9.2% ±15.2% (17  ±28.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gogebic County: 21.9% 2,455 (±2% / ±218.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

11.4% ±8.7% (21  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gogebic County: 10.6% † 1,270 (±1.3% / ±152)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
21 Total veterans ±18 21 Male ±18 N/A Female ±11

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