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Rock River township, Alger County, MI

1,173 Population
80.7 square miles 14.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±3.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alger County: 49.1 ±0.5
  • 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

$32,991 ±$6,340 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
$63,235 ±$8,483 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alger County: $61,286 ±$1,930
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.8% ±4.5% (126  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Alger County: 10.4% † 801 (±1.9% / ±143)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±1.1 (9,835  ±2,558) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alger County: 22.9 † 61,145 (±2.6 / ±8,147)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

472 ±80 Number of households
  • Alger County: 3,531 ±166
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (1,166  ±175) 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
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.6% ±1.1% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Alger County: 7.5% † 92 (±2.9% / ±36)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

593 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Alger County: 6,217 ±28
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$213,800 ±$23,027 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alger County: $176,200 ±$10,899
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.1% ±1.7% (24  ±20.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Alger County: 6.6% † 575 (±1.5% / ±128.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±20.5% (833  ±117.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alger County: 93.9% 6,406 (±4.3% / ±301.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.4% ±5.1% (202  ±54.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alger County: 21% 1,434 (±2% / ±136.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±1.1% (12  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Alger County: 1.1% 93
  • 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

13.1% ±4.2% (115  ±41) 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)
115 Total veterans ±41 110 Male ±42 5 Female ±6

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