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Ontwa township, Cass County, MI

6,870 Population
19.4 square miles 353.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±3.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cass County: 45.5 ±0.3
  • about 10 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

$39,864 ±$3,892 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cass County: $39,236 ±$1,790
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,241 ±$7,744 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cass County: $70,443 ±$3,549
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.1% ±3.8% (694  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cass County: 11.9% † 6,080 (±1.7% / ±858)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±3.5 (82,010  ±13,692) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cass County: 24.4 521,665 (±1 / ±29,319)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,924 ±194 Number of households
  • Cass County: 21,207 ±325
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (6,865  ±58) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cass County: 2.4 51,046 (±0 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±2.5% (75  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cass County: 6.6% † 667 (±1.3% / ±131)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,404 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Cass County: 25,679 ±52
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$249,800 ±$20,053 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cass County: $218,000 ±$9,705
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±3.2% (753  ±216.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Cass County: 11.2% † 5,692 (±1.6% / ±812.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±7.5% (4,369  ±410.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cass County: 90% 33,474 (±2.8% / ±1,063.3)
  • 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)
22.2% ±4.2% (1,077  ±208.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cass County: 21.8% 8,112 (±1.4% / ±527.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.2% ±0.7% (79  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cass County: 2.7% 1,375
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.1% (366  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cass County: 7.9% † 3,234 (±0.8% / ±329)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
366 Total veterans ±116 339 Male ±113 27 Female ±26

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