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Boston township, Ionia County, MI

6,065 Population
35.1 square miles 172.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ionia County: 39.1 ±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

$34,685 ±$3,869 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Ionia County: $33,289 ±$1,668
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,977 ±$11,075 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ionia County: $75,611 ±$2,186
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.4% ±4.2% (752  ±252) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ionia County: 10.6% † 6,693 (±1.2% / ±756)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±0.7 (73,850  ±11,311) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ionia County: 27.1 752,880 (±0.9 / ±34,861)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,182 ±161 Number of households
  • Ionia County: 23,355 ±286
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (6,049  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ionia County: 2.7 63,183 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±1.6% (24  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Ionia County: 5.3% † 746 (±1.4% / ±192)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,298 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Ionia County: 24,861 ±68
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$235,400 ±$22,472 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ionia County: $198,500 ±$7,622
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±3.8% (610  ±229.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ionia County: 12.7% † 8,367 (±1.5% / ±1,016.9)
  • 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

94.9% ±6.9% (3,744  ±402.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ionia County: 91% 42,485 (±2.6% / ±1,252.1)
  • 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)
27.5% ±5.2% (1,084  ±221.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ionia County: 18.5% 8,659 (±1.2% / ±575.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.9% ±0.5% (53  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ionia County: 1.4% 918
  • 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

7% ±2.2% (332  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ionia County: 6.5% † 3,406 (±0.7% / ±390)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
332 Total veterans ±105 319 Male ±105 13 Female ±13

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