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Rock River township, Alger County, MI

1,023 Population
80.7 square miles 12.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±9.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alger County: 48.8 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,771 ±$6,300 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alger County: $28,250 ±$1,499
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$69,917 ±$14,937 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alger County: $59,406 ±$3,273
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

14.9% ±6.6% (149  ±71) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alger County: 10.2% † 794 (±2% / ±158)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

26.2 minutes ±11.8 (9,475  ±2,751) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alger County: 24.1 † 63,425 (±3.3 / ±9,926)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

435 ±78 Number of households
  • Alger County: 3,490 ±156
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.3 ±0.6 (1,016  ±182) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Alger County: 2.2 7,785 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

0.5% ±1% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alger County: 4.2% † 53 (±1.9% / ±24)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

585 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Alger County: 6,205 ±29
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$186,200 ±$32,995 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alger County: $165,700 ±$9,489
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

8.7% ±5.2% (88  ±55) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Alger County: 8.4% † 738 (±1.7% / ±152.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96.9% ±22.8% (721  ±115.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alger County: 93.6% 6,402 (±4.5% / ±310.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
21.2% ±5.9% (158  ±51.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alger County: 20.3% † 1,385 (±2.1% / ±145.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.4% ±0.6% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Alger County: 1.1% 99
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

13.5% ±4.4% (107  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alger County: 9% † 675 (±1.2% / ±86)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
107 Total veterans ±39 101 Male ±38 6 Female ±7

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