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Battle Creek city, Calhoun County, MI

52,469 Population
42.6 square miles 1,232.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Calhoun County: 40 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,689 ±$1,168 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $32,047 ±$863
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $37,929 ±$155
$49,684 ±$3,172 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $58,191 ±$1,531
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $68,505 ±$307

19.2% ±2.2% (9,892  ±1,151) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Calhoun County: 14.8% 19,360 (±1.1% / ±1,438)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,293,164 (±0.1% / ±13,321)

19.3 minutes ±1.1 (407,245  ±27,393) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Calhoun County: 20.6 1,121,620 (±0.5 / ±35,333)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 101,384,610 (±0.1 / ±438,980)

Families

21,140 ±488 Number of households
  • Calhoun County: 53,050 ±590
  • Michigan: 4,009,253 ±7,688
2.4 ±0.1 (51,293  ±48) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Calhoun County: 2.5 130,105 (±0 / ±87)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,840,766

4.6% ±1.3% (573  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Calhoun County: 4.8% † 1,419 (±0.8% / ±240)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 116,868 (±0.1% / ±2,789)

Housing

23,789 ±450 Number of housing units
  • Calhoun County: 59,634 ±71
  • Michigan: 4,580,447 ±658

$115,600 ±$5,573 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $138,700 ±$3,329
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $201,100 ±$796

13% ±1.8% (6,750  ±,920.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Calhoun County: 12.3% 16,312 (±1.1% / ±1,423.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 12.2% 1,212,435 (±0.1% / ±12,907.9)

Social

90% ±3.1% (31,314  ±1,186.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Calhoun County: 91.1% 83,350 (±1.8% / ±1,688.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,366,037 (±0.3% / ±17,580.6)
21.2% ±1.7% (7,365  ±,595.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Calhoun County: 22% 20,161 (±1% / ±,918.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 31.1% 2,160,351 (±0.1% / ±10,020.5)

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

7.3% ±1.2% (3,843  ±619) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Calhoun County: 4.1% 5,528
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 694,860

7.1% ±0.8% (2,765  ±314) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Calhoun County: 7.9% 8,156 (±0.5% / ±556)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.3% 498,788 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
2,765 Total veterans ±314 2,639 Male ±310 126 Female ±71

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