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Bessemer city, Gogebic County, MI

1,733 Population
5.5 square miles 315.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±4.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Gogebic County: 51.2 ±1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,156 ±$3,597 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gogebic County: $36,519 ±$2,662
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,523 ±$12,307 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Gogebic County: $52,732 ±$3,913
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.9% ±4.6% (221  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gogebic County: 14.4% † 2,020 (±2.5% / ±344)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.9 minutes ±6.1 (13,310  ±3,616) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gogebic County: 19.1 106,295 (±1.5 / ±10,198)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

812 ±135 Number of households
  • Gogebic County: 6,989 ±265
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.5 (1,699  ±250) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Gogebic County: 2 14,009 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±4.6% (16  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gogebic County: 5.1% † 130 (±2.4% / ±62)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,119 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Gogebic County: 10,394 ±34
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$69,900 ±$32,144 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gogebic County: $107,200 ±$6,245
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±4% (180  ±73.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Gogebic County: 8% † 1,135 (±1.6% / ±233.6)
  • 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

96.5% ±2.6% (1,229  ±194.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gogebic County: 96% 10,757 (±4.6% / ±516.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.8% ±6.3% (290  ±92.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gogebic County: 22.8% † 2,559 (±2.3% / ±258.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1% ±1.2% (18  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gogebic County: 1.2% 168
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±3.2% (132  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gogebic County: 10.2% † 1,222 (±1.3% / ±157)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
132 Total veterans ±52 127 Male ±52 5 Female ±7

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