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Pentwater township, Oceana County, MI

1,485 Population
13.3 square miles 111.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

66 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Oceana County: 44.2 ±0.3
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$62,221 ±$10,000 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Oceana County: $33,025 ±$1,303
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,708 ±$7,235 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Oceana County: $62,417 ±$3,332
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±3.7% (118  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oceana County: 13.6% † 3,617 (±1.5% / ±400)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.1 minutes ±8.4 (7,075  ±2,209) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oceana County: 23.7 246,920 (±0.8 / ±11,712)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

721 ±86 Number of households
  • Oceana County: 10,419 ±202
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (1,485  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oceana County: 2.5 26,289 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,799 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Oceana County: 15,723 ±49
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$378,600 ±$40,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Oceana County: $190,100 ±$13,158
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.7% ±2.8% (69  ±43) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oceana County: 8.2% † 2,175 (±1.1% / ±300.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±16.4% (1,253  ±147.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Oceana County: 90.3% 17,342 (±2.6% / ±501.4)
  • 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)
55.6% ±5.1% (740  ±116.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Oceana County: 21.5% 4,131 (±1.4% / ±262.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 1.5 times 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

1.6% ±1.4% (23  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oceana County: 4.2% 1,116
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±2.6% (133  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oceana County: 7.3% † 1,554 (±0.8% / ±159)
  • 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)
133 Total veterans ±39 129 Male ±39 4 Female ±8

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