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Wells township, Delta County, MI

4,865 Population
39.7 square miles 122.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.4 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Delta County: 47.8 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,702 ±$3,815 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Delta County: $34,716 ±$2,405
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$70,060 ±$11,533 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Delta County: $54,829 ±$3,042
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

12.1% ±6.3% (590  ±305) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delta County: 14% † 5,066 (±1.8% / ±659)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

16.6 minutes ±3.3 (34,430  ±8,831) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delta County: 18.5 256,810 (±1.5 / ±22,747)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

2,111 ±173 Number of households
  • Delta County: 15,900 ±320
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.3 ±0.2 (4,858  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Delta County: 2.3 36,180 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.8% ±5.1% (43  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delta County: 4.6% † 306 (±1.4% / ±95)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

2,268 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Delta County: 19,841 ±41
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$167,000 ±$12,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delta County: $146,800 ±$5,308
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

5.7% ±3.5% (275  ±168) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Delta County: 11.5% † 4,191 (±1.8% / ±655.7)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

94.4% ±9.1% (3,714  ±408) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delta County: 92.4% 25,180 (±3.3% / ±912.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
13.9% ±4.2% (546  ±166.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delta County: 20% 5,453 (±1.4% / ±392.9)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.9% ±1% (45  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delta County: 0.7% 262
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

10.7% ±3.1% (442  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Delta County: 10.5% † 3,114 (±1.3% / ±373)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
442 Total veterans ±131 410 Male ±127 32 Female ±35

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