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Forest township, Missaukee County, MI

1,280 Population
35.1 square miles 36.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missaukee County: 43.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,593 ±$3,591 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missaukee County: $32,706 ±$2,763
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,581 ±$2,401 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missaukee County: $66,194 ±$5,534
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.9% ±5.3% (267  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Missaukee County: 11.3% † 1,702 (±1.5% / ±232)
  • about 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)

29.9 minutes ±4.5 (17,315  ±4,677) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missaukee County: 24.5 151,810 (±1.3 / ±9,434)
  • about 25 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

478 ±63 Number of households
  • Missaukee County: 5,909 ±180
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (1,280  ±226) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Missaukee County: 2.5 15,035 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±4.7% (19  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Missaukee County: 6.5% † 187 (±1.4% / ±41)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

636 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Missaukee County: 8,680 ±50
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,200 ±$12,273 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Missaukee County: $170,400 ±$5,383
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.8% ±5.4% (225  ±79.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missaukee County: 11.2% † 1,686 (±1.7% / ±255.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±3.3% (721  ±103.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missaukee County: 91.1% 9,890 (±3.2% / ±351.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.6% ±3.6% (116  ±33.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missaukee County: 18.8% 2,037 (±1.6% / ±178.1)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about two-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

2.5% ±1.7% (32  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missaukee County: 1.6% 250
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2.4% (71  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missaukee County: 7% † 828 (±0.8% / ±97)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
71 Total veterans ±25 58 Male ±22 13 Female ±10

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