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Delta County, MI

36,813 Population
1,171.1 square miles 31.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,649 ±$2,533 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,809 ±$3,201 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.7% ±1.6% (4,579  ±573) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.2 minutes ±1.4 (254,160  ±23,001) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,971 ±316 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (36,092  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±1.4% (278  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,845 ±38 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,100 ±$4,589 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±1.5% (3,388  ±530.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±3.5% (25,387  ±956.2) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
20.6% ±1.6% (5,636  ±440.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

1% (354  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.8% ±1.1% (2,917  ±316) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,917 Total veterans ±316 2,673 Male ±288 244 Female ±125

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