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Wilson township, Alpena County, MI

1,987 Population
79.3 square miles 25.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±6.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alpena County: 47.8 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,715 ±$3,764 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Alpena County: $34,583 ±$2,475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,143 ±$19,110 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alpena County: $53,950 ±$2,679
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.7% ±5.8% (252  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alpena County: 18% † 5,086 (±2.2% / ±632)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±5.6 (17,705  ±5,585) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alpena County: 17.5 192,470 (±1.4 / ±17,856)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

808 ±112 Number of households
  • Alpena County: 13,019 ±276
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.5 (1,979  ±264) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alpena County: 2.2 28,274 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

13.7% ±7.7% (47  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Alpena County: 5.2% † 281 (±1.6% / ±87)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

949 ±121 Number of housing units
  • Alpena County: 15,707 ±85
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,400 ±$20,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alpena County: $153,900 ±$4,690
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±2.5% (128  ±51.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alpena County: 10.6% † 3,035 (±1.6% / ±443)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±19.5% (1,280  ±185.9) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.1% ±2.8% (155  ±45.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alpena County: 18.3% 3,977 (±1.7% / ±363.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about one-third 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

0.6% ±0.7% (12  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Alpena County: 1.2% 349
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.7% ±6.1% (217  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alpena County: 9.8% † 2,310 (±1.2% / ±283)
  • 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)
217 Total veterans ±101 211 Male ±99 6 Female ±9

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