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Wawatam township, Emmet County, MI

566 Population
15.7 square miles 36 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.9 ±5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Emmet County: 46.4 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,469 ±$4,551 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Emmet County: $45,122 ±$2,273
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$48,125 ±$7,669 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Emmet County: $73,724 ±$5,841
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

13.5% ±6.2% (76  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Emmet County: 9.3% † 3,145 (±1.4% / ±469)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

24.9 minutes ±5.1 (5,030  ±1,751) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Emmet County: 20 298,960 (±1 / ±17,124)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

284 ±53 Number of households
  • Emmet County: 14,604 ±414
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2 ±0.2 (561  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Emmet County: 2.3 33,739 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

14% ±13% (13  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Emmet County: 4.7% † 320 (±1.7% / ±113)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

548 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Emmet County: 21,886 ±55
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$217,300 ±$26,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Emmet County: $275,300 ±$10,772
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

11.3% ±5.4% (63  ±32.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Emmet County: 10.7% † 3,603 (±1.3% / ±444.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

90.8% ±22.2% (423  ±66) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Emmet County: 96% 24,345 (±3.3% / ±834.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
30.5% ±7.8% (142  ±45.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Emmet County: 40.2% 10,204 (±2.1% / ±530.3)
  • a little less than 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

1.8% ±1.7% (10  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Emmet County: 1.2% 420
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

9.1% ±4.7% (44  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Emmet County: 6.7% † 1,857 (±0.9% / ±244)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
44 Total veterans ±24 35 Male ±21 9 Female ±10

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