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Merrill township, Newaygo County, MI

452 Population
34.8 square miles 13 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Newaygo County: 42.8 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,275 ±$5,065 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Newaygo County: $30,694 ±$909
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$37,500 ±$3,293 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Newaygo County: $61,931 ±$1,956
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

32.1% ±14.6% (145  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Newaygo County: 14.3% 7,115 (±1.4% / ±683)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

43.1 minutes ±30.9 (4,875  ±3,889) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Newaygo County: 29.8 600,765 (±0.9 / ±24,757)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

230 ±50 Number of households
  • Newaygo County: 19,428 ±307
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
1.9 ±0.2 (447  ±111) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Newaygo County: 2.6 49,733 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

695 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Newaygo County: 24,781 ±54
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$121,100 ±$48,295 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Newaygo County: $178,300 ±$5,399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

9.7% ±4.3% (44  ±22.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Newaygo County: 10.4% † 5,207 (±1.2% / ±582.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

83.7% ±24% (303  ±58.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Newaygo County: 89.8% 32,011 (±2.5% / ±888.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
9.9% ±6.9% (36  ±26.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Newaygo County: 18.4% 6,565 (±1.2% / ±432.7)
  • about one-third 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

1.1% ±1.5% (5  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Newaygo County: 2% 1,024
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

16.4% ±6% (63  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Newaygo County: 7.7% 3,018 (±0.6% / ±234)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
63 Total veterans ±27 59 Male ±26 4 Female ±5

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