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Forest township, Genesee County, MI

4,404 Population
35.7 square miles 123.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Genesee County: 40.6 ±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

$37,048 ±$4,161 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Genesee County: $35,334 ±$799
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,250 ±$6,567 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Genesee County: $62,281 ±$1,425
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.4% ±2.1% (281  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Genesee County: 16.4% 65,374 (±0.8% / ±3,325)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.1 minutes ±2.8 (60,395  ±7,940) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Genesee County: 26.9 4,152,550 (±0.5 / ±99,686)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,778 ±108 Number of households
  • Genesee County: 167,334 ±940
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (4,404  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Genesee County: 2.4 398,281 (±0 / ±86)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.5% ±5% (77  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Genesee County: 5.1% † 4,618 (±0.7% / ±610)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,877 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Genesee County: 183,903 ±89
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$200,900 ±$15,445 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Genesee County: $182,400 ±$3,111
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±3.7% (421  ±159.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Genesee County: 11.1% 44,272 (±0.6% / ±2,473.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±7.3% (2,925  ±280.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Genesee County: 91.6% 257,130 (±1.4% / ±3,840.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.2% ±5.5% (579  ±176.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Genesee County: 23.3% 65,333 (±0.7% / ±2,018.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half 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

0.8% ±0.6% (35  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Genesee County: 2.9% 11,496
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±1.6% (208  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Genesee County: 6.5% 20,420 (±0.4% / ±1,131)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
208 Total veterans ±55 202 Male ±54 6 Female ±9

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