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Sherman township, Mason County, MI

871 Population
36.2 square miles 24 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Mason County: 47.3 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,583 ±$2,882 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mason County: $37,554 ±$1,636
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,500 ±$23,511 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mason County: $64,748 ±$3,281
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.1% ±7.5% (192  ±70) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mason County: 14.1% † 4,077 (±1.8% / ±512)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±5.7 (7,840  ±1,459) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mason County: 19.5 216,195 (±1.1 / ±13,992)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

370 ±45 Number of households
  • Mason County: 12,801 ±336
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (871  ±112) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Mason County: 2.3 28,808 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.3% ±6.1% (14  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Mason County: 3.6% † 195 (±1.3% / ±71)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

508 ±62 Number of housing units
  • Mason County: 17,596 ±59
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$177,100 ±$41,309 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mason County: $219,600 ±$8,156
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.3% ±2.1% (37  ±18.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Mason County: 12.6% † 3,644 (±2.1% / ±607.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±6.3% (587  ±73.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mason County: 94.2% 20,319 (±3.3% / ±713)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.6% ±6% (128  ±39.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mason County: 26.6% 5,749 (±1.7% / ±369.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.4% ±1.8% (12  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mason County: 1.7% 484
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.8% ±3.6% (91  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mason County: 8.2% † 1,932 (±0.8% / ±193)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
91 Total veterans ±28 85 Male ±28 6 Female ±7

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