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Muskegon Heights city, Muskegon County, MI

9,902 Population
3.2 square miles 3,108.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Muskegon County: 39.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$16,398 ±$1,584 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Muskegon County: $32,307 ±$980
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$33,780 ±$3,719 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Muskegon County: $63,495 ±$1,493
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

37.1% ±5.5% (3,618  ±534) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Muskegon County: 12.6% 21,347 (±1% / ±1,619)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

19.6 minutes ±2.2 (62,415  ±9,279) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Muskegon County: 22.3 1,589,065 (±0.6 / ±54,875)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

3,794 ±306 Number of households
  • Muskegon County: 67,112 ±563
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.6 ±0.2 (9,791  ±31) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Muskegon County: 2.5 169,545 (±0 / ±138)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

2% ±2.4% (55  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Muskegon County: 4.1% † 1,569 (±0.8% / ±292)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

4,693 ±276 Number of housing units
  • Muskegon County: 74,969 ±98
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$55,800 ±$6,629 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Muskegon County: $180,900 ±$3,836
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

15.9% ±4.3% (1,559  ±426.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Muskegon County: 12.3% 21,458 (±0.9% / ±1,636)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

87.1% ±7.1% (5,311  ±509.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Muskegon County: 92.5% 112,296 (±1.8% / ±2,167.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
7.1% ±2.2% (431  ±137.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Muskegon County: 21.5% 26,037 (±0.9% / ±1,046.4)
  • about one-fifth 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

1.2% ±0.9% (118  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Muskegon County: 2.1% 3,588
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

4% ±1.6% (280  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Muskegon County: 7.7% 10,359 (±0.5% / ±615)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
280 Total veterans ±109 246 Male ±96 34 Female ±35

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