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Alpena township, Alpena County, MI

9,104 Population
104.8 square miles 86.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alpena County: 47.6 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,347 ±$4,228 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alpena County: $33,093 ±$2,132
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$51,539 ±$4,131 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Alpena County: $51,909 ±$1,945
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

19.2% ±3.9% (1,698  ±350) 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)

18 minutes ±2.6 (57,935  ±9,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Alpena County: 17.6 189,265 (±1.1 / ±13,748)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

3,983 ±189 Number of households
  • Alpena County: 12,734 ±261
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.3 ±0.1 (8,942  ±57) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alpena County: 2.2 28,346 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.3% ±3.1% (81  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alpena County: 3.9% † 211 (±1.4% / ±76)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

4,779 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Alpena County: 15,674 ±45
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$165,500 ±$11,528 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alpena County: $137,800 ±$6,210
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

10.9% ±3% (980  ±269.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Alpena County: 11.2% † 3,197 (±1.6% / ±464.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

95% ±6.8% (6,527  ±508.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alpena County: 93.1% 20,097 (±3.7% / ±805.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
23.9% ±3.9% (1,644  ±270.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alpena County: 17.7% 3,829 (±1.7% / ±364.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.2% ±1% (199  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alpena County: 1.3% 369
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

11.7% ±2.2% (851  ±159) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alpena County: 10.1% † 2,361 (±1.1% / ±266)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
851 Total veterans ±159 839 Male ±160 12 Female ±14

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