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West Branch, MI

2,225 Population
1.5 square miles 1,446 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ogemaw County: 51.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,734 ±$2,321 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ogemaw County: $31,408 ±$1,176
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,250 ±$8,854 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ogemaw County: $54,666 ±$2,368
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.1% ±5.6% (476  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ogemaw County: 16.7% † 3,430 (±2% / ±420)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.5 minutes ±10.3 (14,985  ±7,834) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ogemaw County: 26.9 187,450 (±1.6 / ±14,497)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,056 ±130 Number of households
  • Ogemaw County: 9,370 ±285
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (2,060  ±244) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ogemaw County: 2.2 20,612 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±4.2% (28  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Ogemaw County: 6.5% † 235 (±2.1% / ±77)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,188 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Ogemaw County: 15,325 ±42
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,800 ±$30,924 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Ogemaw County: $154,900 ±$6,468
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.7% ±4.6% (301  ±105.8) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Ogemaw County: 7.2% † 1,491 (±1% / ±200.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.7% ±5.5% (1,418  ±177.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ogemaw County: 90.7% 14,420 (±3% / ±477.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.7% ±5.7% (332  ±93.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ogemaw County: 17.2% 2,736 (±1.4% / ±220.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.9% ±2.5% (108  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ogemaw County: 1.9% 392
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±4.1% (156  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ogemaw County: 10.5% 1,798 (±0.9% / ±147)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
156 Total veterans ±74 141 Male ±70 15 Female ±14

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