Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Fairplain township, Montcalm County, MI

1,896 Population
35.2 square miles 53.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

43.2 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montcalm County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,924 ±$4,196 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Montcalm County: $30,876 ±$859
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,406 ±$8,992 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montcalm County: $67,344 ±$2,180
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.9% ±8.1% (337  ±160) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montcalm County: 12.6% 8,165 (±1.2% / ±806)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.6 minutes ±3.6 (21,085  ±4,612) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montcalm County: 30.7 827,820 (±1.1 / ±39,542)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

799 ±121 Number of households
  • Montcalm County: 24,511 ±338
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (1,884  ±270) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montcalm County: 2.7 65,077 (±0 / ±77)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.5% ±1.4% (2  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Montcalm County: 5.6% † 741 (±1.1% / ±148)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

850 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Montcalm County: 28,147 ±63
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,000 ±$26,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montcalm County: $185,500 ±$5,909
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.8% ±5.1% (204  ±100.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Montcalm County: 10.2% † 6,855 (±1.2% / ±826.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±18.4% (1,234  ±172.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Montcalm County: 88.5% 42,697 (±2.3% / ±1,150.8)
  • 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)
18.1% ±6.1% (242  ±88.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montcalm County: 16% 7,732 (±1.1% / ±529.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half 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

1.9% ±1.9% (36  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montcalm County: 2.3% 1,553
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±3.1% (150  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montcalm County: 8.1% 4,333 (±0.7% / ±393)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
150 Total veterans ±52 134 Male ±49 16 Female ±12

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.