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Alpena city, Alpena County, MI

10,178 Population
8.2 square miles 1,245.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alpena County: 47.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,430 ±$4,477 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Alpena County: $33,093 ±$2,132
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$47,604 ±$4,407 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alpena County: $51,909 ±$1,945
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

19.2% ±3.5% (1,908  ±346) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alpena County: 17% † 4,815 (±1.8% / ±518)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

11.8 minutes ±1.5 (47,840  ±7,265) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Alpena County: 17.6 189,265 (±1.1 / ±13,748)
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

4,856 ±183 Number of households
  • Alpena County: 12,734 ±261
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2 ±0.1 (9,826  ±81) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alpena County: 2.2 28,346 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

1% ±1% (21  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alpena County: 3.9% † 211 (±1.4% / ±76)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

5,444 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Alpena County: 15,674 ±45
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$110,400 ±$5,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alpena County: $137,800 ±$6,210
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

14.7% ±3.2% (1,490  ±327.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alpena County: 11.2% † 3,197 (±1.6% / ±464.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

92.9% ±5.9% (7,164  ±498.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alpena County: 93.1% 20,097 (±3.7% / ±805.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
15.2% ±2.6% (1,170  ±200.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alpena County: 17.7% 3,829 (±1.7% / ±364.6)
  • about half 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

0.8% ±0.6% (76  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alpena County: 1.3% 369
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.7% ±1.9% (641  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alpena County: 10.1% † 2,361 (±1.1% / ±266)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
641 Total veterans ±157 618 Male ±154 23 Female ±24

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