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Chippewa township, Mecosta County, MI

1,236 Population
33 square miles 37.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mecosta County: 40 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,107 ±$4,049 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mecosta County: $29,951 ±$918
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,107 ±$15,172 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Mecosta County: $60,951 ±$2,088
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.2% ±7.1% (188  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mecosta County: 19.9% 7,752 (±1.9% / ±740)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.4 minutes ±6.8 (12,350  ±4,469) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mecosta County: 23.7 376,425 (±0.9 / ±19,839)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

562 ±83 Number of households
  • Mecosta County: 16,708 ±368
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,230  ±192) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mecosta County: 2.3 39,002 (±0.1 / ±65)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±4.2% (9  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Mecosta County: 5.4% † 497 (±1.5% / ±137)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,132 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Mecosta County: 21,139 ±59
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,400 ±$22,600 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mecosta County: $178,900 ±$7,731
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±6.4% (91  ±80.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mecosta County: 17.2% 7,002 (±1.7% / ±681.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87% ±18% (880  ±123.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mecosta County: 91.4% 24,772 (±2.8% / ±755)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11% ±4.1% (111  ±44.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Mecosta County: 22.5% 6,088 (±1.3% / ±358.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about one-third 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

0.3% ±0.5% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mecosta County: 2% 837
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±3.5% (86  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mecosta County: 7.2% † 2,403 (±0.9% / ±282)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
86 Total veterans ±39 86 Male ±39 N/A Female ±11

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