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Garfield charter township, Grand Traverse County, MI

19,913 Population
26.6 square miles 749 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grand Traverse County: 43.5 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,961 ±$3,265 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grand Traverse County: $45,034 ±$1,435
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,082 ±$6,711 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grand Traverse County: $81,647 ±$3,008
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±4.1% (3,405  ±802) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Grand Traverse County: 9.6% † 9,148 (±1.3% / ±1,257)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.5 minutes ±1.4 (141,305  ±15,965) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Grand Traverse County: 20.6 843,560 (±0.7 / ±37,383)
  • 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

8,769 ±380 Number of households
  • Grand Traverse County: 40,287 ±624
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (19,374  ±116) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Grand Traverse County: 2.3 94,268 (±0 / ±43)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±2.4% (205  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grand Traverse County: 5% † 1,000 (±1.3% / ±264)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,411 ±437 Number of housing units
  • Grand Traverse County: 47,003 ±84
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$316,200 ±$24,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grand Traverse County: $339,400 ±$8,651
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.7% ±3.9% (3,295  ±777.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grand Traverse County: 11.3% † 10,817 (±1.3% / ±1,190.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±6.1% (13,211  ±950.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grand Traverse County: 95.7% 67,177 (±2.6% / ±1,809.7)
  • a little higher than 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)
36.4% ±3.6% (5,095  ±533.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grand Traverse County: 40.6% 28,504 (±1.6% / ±1,098.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about the same as 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

1.6% ±0.6% (326  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Grand Traverse County: 2% 1,946
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.9% (1,028  ±294) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Grand Traverse County: 6.6% † 5,110 (±0.7% / ±509)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,028 Total veterans ±294 952 Male ±298 76 Female ±58

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