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Boston township, Ionia County, MI

6,042 Population
35.1 square miles 172.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ionia County: 38.8 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,169 ±$2,987 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ionia County: $31,593 ±$1,560
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$80,417 ±$7,205 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ionia County: $73,436 ±$2,339
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

11.8% ±4.5% (710  ±274) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Ionia County: 11.4% 7,186 (±1% / ±619)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

28 minutes ±5.6 (77,615  ±10,934) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ionia County: 27.4 758,330 (±1.2 / ±39,582)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

2,148 ±185 Number of households
  • Ionia County: 22,994 ±331
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.8 ±0.2 (6,031  ±42) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ionia County: 2.8 63,313 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

1.5% ±1.5% (22  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ionia County: 5.7% † 789 (±1.4% / ±194)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

2,306 ±204 Number of housing units
  • Ionia County: 24,746 ±80
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$231,300 ±$20,443 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ionia County: $189,400 ±$6,738
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

9.5% ±3.5% (573  ±213.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ionia County: 12.5% † 8,267 (±1.5% / ±973.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

94.6% ±6.3% (3,613  ±379.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ionia County: 91.4% 42,559 (±2.9% / ±1,389.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
28.4% ±4.8% (1,083  ±203.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ionia County: 18% 8,395 (±1.4% / ±659.7)
  • about 90 percent of 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

0.8% ±0.5% (47  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ionia County: 1.3% 846
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.5% ±1.9% (347  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ionia County: 6.9% 3,596 (±0.7% / ±356)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
347 Total veterans ±88 335 Male ±85 12 Female ±14

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