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Chester township, Eaton County, MI

1,574 Population
36 square miles 43.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Eaton County: 41.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,123 ±$2,983 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Eaton County: $40,259 ±$1,014
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$71,992 ±$6,068 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Eaton County: $78,025 ±$2,653
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

5.9% ±2.5% (92  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Eaton County: 7.8% 8,305 (±0.7% / ±759)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

28.1 minutes ±0.3 (16,800  ±2,947) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Eaton County: 23.5 1,069,940 (±0.7 / ±41,811)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

641 ±92 Number of households
  • Eaton County: 45,115 ±404
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.1 (1,565  ±237) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Eaton County: 2.4 107,157 (±0 / ±44)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.3% ±4.4% (17  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Eaton County: 4.8% † 1,131 (±0.9% / ±218)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

671 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Eaton County: 47,650 ±62
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$221,300 ±$13,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Eaton County: $206,700 ±$3,925
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

5.3% ±2.7% (83  ±43.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Eaton County: 11.2% 12,109 (±1% / ±1,062)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

90% ±18% (1,063  ±125.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Eaton County: 94.5% 73,453 (±2.2% / ±1,688.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
15% ±3.1% (177  ±46.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Eaton County: 30.4% 23,631 (±1.3% / ±1,013.6)
  • about half 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

0.3% ±0.4% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Eaton County: 4.4% 4,806
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

8.3% ±3.2% (107  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Eaton County: 7.3% 6,272 (±0.6% / ±504)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
107 Total veterans ±44 91 Male ±38 16 Female ±13

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