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Torch Lake township, Houghton County, MI

1,957 Population
79.9 square miles 24.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.3 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Houghton County: 32.3 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,007 ±$5,929 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Houghton County: $31,441 ±$1,791
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$66,336 ±$10,697 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Houghton County: $56,573 ±$2,059
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

5% ±3% (96  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Houghton County: 15.9% 5,326 (±1.4% / ±461)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

21.2 minutes ±1.8 (17,230  ±3,925) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Houghton County: 15.9 240,940 (±0.8 / ±16,039)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

877 ±115 Number of households
  • Houghton County: 14,251 ±340
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.2 ±0.2 (1,907  ±285) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Houghton County: 2.3 33,388 (±0.1 / ±251)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

9% ±6% (25  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Houghton County: 3.8% † 306 (±1% / ±82)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,789 ±152 Number of housing units
  • Houghton County: 18,781 ±115
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$169,200 ±$22,962 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Houghton County: $140,300 ±$11,437
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

8.7% ±6.2% (168  ±123.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Houghton County: 20.5% 7,626 (±2% / ±757.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96% ±17.3% (1,370  ±163.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Houghton County: 94.5% 20,568 (±3.5% / ±775.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
31% ±4.5% (443  ±87.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Houghton County: 36.6% 7,964 (±2.5% / ±550.4)
  • about the same as 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

2.5% ±1.5% (49  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Houghton County: 5.3% 1,978
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

8.2% ±3% (129  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Houghton County: 6.8% † 2,020 (±0.7% / ±218)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
129 Total veterans ±51 129 Male ±51 N/A Female ±11

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