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Mathias township, Alger County, MI

428 Population
70.7 square miles 6.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±14.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alger County: 49.1 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,490 ±$9,495 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alger County: $29,895 ±$1,846
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,985 ±$21,250 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alger County: $61,286 ±$1,930
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.8% ±4.9% (25  ±22) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alger County: 10.4% † 801 (±1.9% / ±143)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.1 minutes ±9 (5,305  ±2,516) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alger County: 22.9 † 61,145 (±2.6 / ±8,147)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

177 ±51 Number of households
  • Alger County: 3,531 ±166
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±1 (428  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alger County: 2.2 7,740 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±6.4% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alger County: 7.5% † 92 (±2.9% / ±36)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

419 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Alger County: 6,217 ±28
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$111,500 ±$41,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alger County: $176,200 ±$10,899
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.5% ±6.3% (15  ±27.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Alger County: 6.6% † 575 (±1.5% / ±128.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±35.6% (281  ±71.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alger County: 93.9% 6,406 (±4.3% / ±301.6)
  • 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)
20.5% ±10.8% (61  ±36.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alger County: 21% 1,434 (±2% / ±136.3)
  • about three-fifths 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

3.5% ±2.9% (15  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Alger County: 1.1% 93
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.4% ±5.2% (45  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alger County: 8.4% † 627 (±1.2% / ±91)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
45 Total veterans ±21 45 Male ±21 N/A Female ±11

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