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Bear Lake township, Kalkaska County, MI

650 Population
71 square miles 9.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.6 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kalkaska County: 44 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,090 ±$5,000 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kalkaska County: $32,904 ±$1,927
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$59,375 ±$14,622 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kalkaska County: $60,365 ±$2,775
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

5.7% ±3.1% (37  ±22) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kalkaska County: 14.1% † 2,529 (±2% / ±350)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

23.7 minutes ±4 (4,820  ±1,725) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kalkaska County: 29.7 210,510 (±1.6 / ±13,915)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

320 ±65 Number of households
  • Kalkaska County: 7,716 ±220
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2 ±0.2 (650  ±149) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kalkaska County: 2.3 17,932 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,049 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Kalkaska County: 11,655 ±37
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$149,000 ±$58,432 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kalkaska County: $174,300 ±$7,169
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

5.9% ±6.4% (38  ±42.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kalkaska County: 9.3% † 1,667 (±1.7% / ±302.4)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

92.2% ±24.8% (493  ±81.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kalkaska County: 89.9% 11,901 (±3.4% / ±449.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
17.9% ±5.1% (96  ±34) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kalkaska County: 18.2% 2,414 (±1.7% / ±219.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

2% ±1.3% (13  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kalkaska County: 1.2% 216
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

11.7% ±4.7% (64  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kalkaska County: 9.7% 1,398 (±1% / ±138)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
64 Total veterans ±29 64 Male ±29 N/A Female ±11

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