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West Branch township, Marquette County, MI

1,377 Population
35.5 square miles 38.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±5.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Marquette County: 39.2 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,876 ±$3,493 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Marquette County: $34,471 ±$843
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$61,522 ±$4,060 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Marquette County: $64,675 ±$2,064
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

14.2% ±5.5% (196  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Marquette County: 13.6% 8,538 (±1.2% / ±754)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

22.3 minutes ±0.9 (11,915  ±3,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Marquette County: 18.6 529,940 (±0.8 / ±26,254)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

566 ±93 Number of households
  • Marquette County: 27,887 ±408
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.2 (1,376  ±265) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marquette County: 2.2 62,606 (±0 / ±99)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.8% ±4.2% (14  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Marquette County: 2.9% † 439 (±0.8% / ±125)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

758 ±107 Number of housing units
  • Marquette County: 33,553 ±85
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$232,100 ±$26,336 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Marquette County: $202,000 ±$6,058
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

17.2% ±7.6% (235  ±113.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Marquette County: 14.9% 9,841 (±1.2% / ±778.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

95.9% ±21.5% (886  ±119.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marquette County: 95.5% 42,440 (±2.5% / ±1,120.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
27.9% ±5.5% (258  ±68.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marquette County: 35.8% 15,923 (±1.5% / ±682.1)
  • about 90 percent 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

1% ±1% (14  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Marquette County: 2.2% 1,453
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

10.1% ±2.9% (107  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marquette County: 8.9% 4,835 (±0.7% / ±356)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
107 Total veterans ±37 104 Male ±38 3 Female ±4

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