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Empire township, Leelanau County, MI

1,173 Population
35.3 square miles 33.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Leelanau County: 55.9 ±0.4
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$59,624 ±$10,250 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Leelanau County: $57,553 ±$3,366
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,821 ±$14,428 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Leelanau County: $99,422 ±$6,699
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±6.6% (121  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Leelanau County: 6.5% † 1,471 (±0.9% / ±208)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.8 minutes ±9.9 (9,665  ±2,342) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Leelanau County: 23.6 186,330 (±2 / ±17,204)
  • 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

595 ±72 Number of households
  • Leelanau County: 9,645 ±290
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (1,173  ±132) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Leelanau County: 2.3 22,418 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • 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

1,168 ±113 Number of housing units
  • Leelanau County: 15,759 ±58
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$452,500 ±$30,102 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Leelanau County: $458,400 ±$13,150
  • about double the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.2% ±2.6% (73  ±31) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Leelanau County: 8.6% † 1,957 (±1.7% / ±383.2)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.3% ±2% (1,002  ±103.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Leelanau County: 97.1% 17,489 (±3.3% / ±600.1)
  • a little 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)
56.8% ±5.3% (585  ±80.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Leelanau County: 51.9% 9,337 (±2.4% / ±427.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 1.5 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

1.1% ±0.9% (13  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Leelanau County: 1.9% 422
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±2.6% (97  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Leelanau County: 6.8% † 1,308 (±0.9% / ±166)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
97 Total veterans ±29 78 Male ±23 19 Female ±15

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