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Bear Lake township, Kalkaska County, MI

736 Population
71 square miles 10.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kalkaska County: 44.4 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,790 ±$5,705 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kalkaska County: $34,934 ±$1,983
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,889 ±$8,440 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kalkaska County: $68,578 ±$3,573
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.4% ±2.1% (32  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Kalkaska County: 12.2% † 2,208 (±1.9% / ±339)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25 minutes ±13.4 (5,810  ±1,999) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kalkaska County: 29.7 215,425 (±1.6 / ±14,625)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

334 ±72 Number of households
  • Kalkaska County: 7,789 ±210
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (736  ±174) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kalkaska County: 2.3 18,037 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • 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

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

Housing

983 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Kalkaska County: 11,690 ±47
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$188,700 ±$41,196 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Kalkaska County: $188,900 ±$7,800
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.2% ±5.8% (31  ±43.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Kalkaska County: 9.4% † 1,692 (±1.7% / ±309.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±25.7% (541  ±88.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kalkaska County: 90.5% 12,163 (±3.6% / ±482)
  • about the same as 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)
18.9% ±4.2% (111  ±35) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kalkaska County: 19% 2,551 (±1.8% / ±240.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half 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

1.5% ±1% (11  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Kalkaska County: 1.5% 264
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.9% ±3.6% (71  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kalkaska County: 9.5% † 1,384 (±1% / ±140)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
71 Total veterans ±29 71 Male ±29 N/A Female ±11

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