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Alpena city, Alpena County, MI

10,181 Population
8.2 square miles 1,245.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alpena County: 48.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,089 ±$4,894 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Alpena County: $27,651 ±$1,727
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $34,768 ±$149
$40,202 ±$3,616 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alpena County: $44,864 ±$1,962
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $63,202 ±$242

18.4% ±3.2% (1,810  ±313) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alpena County: 14.9% † 4,229 (±1.7% / ±482)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.3% 1,310,058 (±0.1% / ±13,726)

11.1 minutes ±1.1 (45,085  ±5,567) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alpena County: 17.6 194,310 (±0.9 / ±12,923)
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 24.5 103,237,670 (±0.1 / ±459,816)

Families

4,789 ±195 Number of households
  • Alpena County: 12,584 ±285
  • Michigan: 3,976,729 ±8,287
2.1 ±0.1 (9,805  ±151) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alpena County: 2.3 28,437 (±0.1 / ±162)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,845,312 (±0)

2.8% ±1.7% (57  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Alpena County: 5.2% † 285 (±1.4% / ±74)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 117,552 (±0.1% / ±2,666)

Housing

5,268 ±225 Number of housing units
  • Alpena County: 15,682 ±87
  • Michigan: 4,566,504 ±811

$88,600 ±$4,681 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alpena County: $111,200 ±$4,240
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $172,100 ±$521

15.9% ±3.2% (1,606  ±322.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alpena County: 12.6% † 3,592 (±1.8% / ±526.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 12.7% 1,261,145 (±0.1% / ±12,171.1)

Social

92.8% ±5.8% (7,014  ±478.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alpena County: 92.7% 19,907 (±3.5% / ±746.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.6% 6,340,231 (±0.3% / ±17,338.7)
14.5% ±2.2% (1,096  ±168.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alpena County: 16.8% 3,609 (±1.6% / ±350.1)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 30.6% 2,119,662 (±0.2% / ±10,317.9)

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

1.2% ±0.6% (119  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alpena County: 1.6% † 448 (±0.4% / ±121)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 697,343 (±0.1% / ±7,004)

8.8% ±1.7% (718  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alpena County: 11.3% † 2,645 (±1.2% / ±283)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 6.6% 516,924 (±0.1% / ±4,170)
718 Total veterans ±139 653 Male ±130 65 Female ±44

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