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Bay County, MI

102,651 Population
442.4 square miles 232 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,681 ±$2,082 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$64,694 ±$4,668 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.1% ±2.9% (11,328  ±2,950) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.1 minutes ±0.9 (1,005,385  ±44,734) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

46,193 ±891 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (101,591  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±1.9% (904  ±396) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,678 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$168,700 ±$8,271 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.9% ±2.3% (10,080  ±2,368.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.7% ±5.1% (70,323  ±3,925.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.9% ±2.7% (18,113  ±2,074.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 33.3% 2,366,945 (±0.3% / ±23,456.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% (1,230  ±427) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.4% ±1.3% (6,199  ±1,047) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,199 Total veterans ±1,047 5,596 Male ±995 603 Female ±411

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