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Wells township, Delta County, MI

4,838 Population
39.7 square miles 121.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.4 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delta County: 48 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,121 ±$3,885 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Delta County: $36,649 ±$2,533
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$72,039 ±$18,714 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Delta County: $57,809 ±$3,201
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

10.1% ±6.2% (489  ±297) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delta County: 12.7% † 4,579 (±1.6% / ±573)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

15.1 minutes ±3.4 (32,120  ±8,600) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delta County: 18.2 254,160 (±1.4 / ±23,001)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

2,009 ±174 Number of households
  • Delta County: 15,971 ±316
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.4 ±0.2 (4,825  ±66) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Delta County: 2.3 36,092 (±0 / ±30)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

3.6% ±4.6% (28  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delta County: 4.2% † 278 (±1.4% / ±92)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

2,162 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Delta County: 19,845 ±38
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$177,000 ±$16,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delta County: $157,100 ±$4,589
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

4% ±2.7% (192  ±132) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Delta County: 9.3% † 3,388 (±1.5% / ±530.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

95.2% ±8.5% (3,630  ±388.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delta County: 92.9% 25,387 (±3.5% / ±956.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
15.2% ±4.3% (581  ±168.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delta County: 20.6% 5,636 (±1.6% / ±440.1)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

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

1.2% ±1.1% (56  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delta County: 1% 354
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

10.3% ±3% (409  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Delta County: 9.8% † 2,917 (±1.1% / ±316)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
409 Total veterans ±122 381 Male ±112 28 Female ±37

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