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Merrill township, Newaygo County, MI

525 Population
34.8 square miles 15.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Newaygo County: 42.7 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,454 ±$3,224 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Newaygo County: $31,564 ±$812
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$40,865 ±$6,336 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Newaygo County: $63,304 ±$2,643
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

21.9% ±6% (115  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Newaygo County: 12.8% † 6,440 (±1.4% / ±685)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

33.6 minutes ±16.2 (4,575  ±1,525) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Newaygo County: 30.6 603,280 (±1.1 / ±27,641)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

267 ±59 Number of households
  • Newaygo County: 19,651 ±344
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2 ±0.6 (520  ±113) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Newaygo County: 2.6 50,174 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

3.5% ±5% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Newaygo County: 6.7% † 670 (±1.9% / ±193)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

711 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Newaygo County: 24,931 ±72
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$109,100 ±$22,593 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Newaygo County: $186,700 ±$7,057
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

10.2% ±5.5% (53  ±31.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Newaygo County: 10.1% † 5,082 (±1.2% / ±609.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

87.5% ±24.6% (372  ±70.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Newaygo County: 89.4% 32,257 (±2.4% / ±871.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
9.4% ±5.4% (40  ±24.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Newaygo County: 18.1% 6,543 (±1.2% / ±424.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.5% ±2.2% (13  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Newaygo County: 2.1% 1,065
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

18.7% ±5.9% (84  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Newaygo County: 7.5% 2,965 (±0.7% / ±259)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
84 Total veterans ±32 62 Male ±24 22 Female ±19

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