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Alpena city, Alpena County, MI

10,154 Population
8.2 square miles 1,242.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alpena County: 47.8 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,201 ±$4,507 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Alpena County: $34,583 ±$2,475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$47,545 ±$3,647 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alpena County: $53,950 ±$2,679
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

21.2% ±4% (2,104  ±399) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alpena County: 18% † 5,086 (±2.2% / ±632)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

11.1 minutes ±1.5 (47,055  ±7,625) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alpena County: 17.5 192,470 (±1.4 / ±17,856)
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

5,088 ±198 Number of households
  • Alpena County: 13,019 ±276
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
1.9 ±0.1 (9,797  ±71) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alpena County: 2.2 28,274 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

1.8% ±2% (35  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Alpena County: 5.2% † 281 (±1.6% / ±87)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

5,610 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Alpena County: 15,707 ±85
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$118,700 ±$7,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alpena County: $153,900 ±$4,690
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

13.1% ±2.9% (1,330  ±290.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alpena County: 10.6% † 3,035 (±1.6% / ±443)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

91.6% ±6.2% (7,223  ±525.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alpena County: 92.6% 20,086 (±3.7% / ±807.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
16.2% ±2.7% (1,275  ±217.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alpena County: 18.3% 3,977 (±1.7% / ±363.1)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±0.5% (87  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alpena County: 1.2% 349
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

8.6% ±1.7% (733  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alpena County: 9.8% † 2,310 (±1.2% / ±283)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
733 Total veterans ±145 695 Male ±142 38 Female ±30

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