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Elk township, Lake County, MI

894 Population
35.6 square miles 25.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 50.3 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,268 ±$6,631 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lake County: $27,369 ±$1,373
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$61,667 ±$13,470 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lake County: $49,680 ±$3,153
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

8.6% ±3.6% (77  ±34) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 20.6% † 2,489 (±2.2% / ±267)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

33.8 minutes ±14.6 (9,285  ±2,548) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 30.3 116,150 (±1.7 / ±8,980)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

430 ±64 Number of households
  • Lake County: 4,931 ±142
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.1 ±0.4 (894  ±125) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake County: 2.5 12,096 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

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

Housing

1,392 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 13,432 ±29
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$196,900 ±$25,831 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lake County: $122,900 ±$5,011
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

9% ±4% (80  ±37.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 10.4% † 1,283 (±1.9% / ±230.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96% ±17.7% (825  ±101.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 82.6% 7,949 (±3.6% / ±362.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
18.6% ±4.5% (160  ±44.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 12.5% † 1,202 (±1.5% / ±140.2)
  • 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

0.6% ±0.6% (5  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 1.2% 143
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

16.9% ±4.4% (148  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Lake County: 8.4% † 883 (±1% / ±104)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
148 Total veterans ±44 138 Male ±44 10 Female ±9

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