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Houghton township, Keweenaw County, MI

88 Population
120.7 square miles 0.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

72.8 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Keweenaw County: 57.1 ±2.2
  • nearly double the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,547 ±$11,376 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Keweenaw County: $45,090 † ±$5,934
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

12.8% ±6.3% (11  ±6) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Keweenaw County: 15.2% † 321 (±4.5% / ±95)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.5 minutes ±23.3 (175  ±163) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Keweenaw County: 21.6 † 14,250 (±2.4 / ±2,525)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

37 ±11 Number of households
  • Keweenaw County: 1,135 ±79
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.8 (76  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Keweenaw County: 1.9 2,117 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

215 ±44 Number of housing units
  • Keweenaw County: 2,305 ±32
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$275,000 ±$58,128 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Keweenaw County: $169,800 ±$16,554
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±20.8% (10  ±18.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Keweenaw County: 12.7% † 270 (±5.1% / ±107.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

100% ±14% (84  ±25.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Keweenaw County: 96.1% 1,692 (±6.6% / ±127.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
48.8% ±18.4% (41  ±19.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Keweenaw County: 41.2% † 725 (±4.2% / ±76.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 1.4 times 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

3.4% ±11.3% (3  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Keweenaw County: 1.6% 33
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

22.6% ±10.2% (19  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Keweenaw County: 13.6% † 246 (±2.6% / ±47)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
19 Total veterans ±10 16 Male ±8 3 Female ±4

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