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Bear Lake township, Manistee County, MI

1,672 Population
34.7 square miles 48.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Manistee County: 50.3 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,496 ±$2,941 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Manistee County: $34,636 ±$1,422
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$70,298 ±$10,487 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Manistee County: $60,879 ±$2,232
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

4.9% ±1.8% (82  ±31) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Manistee County: 11.8% † 2,813 (±1.3% / ±311)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

23.6 minutes ±1.8 (17,585  ±3,230) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Manistee County: 21.6 185,520 (±0.8 / ±10,701)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

665 ±96 Number of households
  • Manistee County: 10,324 ±262
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.5 (1,601  ±212) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Manistee County: 2.3 23,765 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

3.9% ±3.5% (13  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Manistee County: 4.7% † 197 (±1.9% / ±79)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

924 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Manistee County: 15,631 ±47
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$200,300 ±$24,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Manistee County: $166,600 ±$6,918
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

9.1% ±3% (151  ±53.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Manistee County: 9.9% † 2,493 (±1.5% / ±380.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

95.5% ±15.3% (1,234  ±126.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Manistee County: 90.3% 17,463 (±3% / ±577.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
29.9% ±2.7% (386  ±58.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Manistee County: 23.4% 4,523 (±1.5% / ±295.3)
  • a little less than 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

0.5% ±0.4% (8  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Manistee County: 1.9% 486
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

9.4% ±2.1% (131  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Manistee County: 8.8% 1,839 (±0.9% / ±178)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
131 Total veterans ±33 111 Male ±30 20 Female ±9

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