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Chester township, Otsego County, MI

1,234 Population
67.6 square miles 18.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±7.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Otsego County: 44.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,497 ±$7,385 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Otsego County: $38,321 ±$1,998
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,707 ±$9,187 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Otsego County: $68,183 ±$4,808
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.3% ±3.2% (65  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Otsego County: 8% † 2,033 (±1.5% / ±376)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25 minutes ±7.7 (12,775  ±2,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Otsego County: 20.2 223,235 (±1.4 / ±18,292)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

532 ±82 Number of households
  • Otsego County: 11,231 ±358
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (1,234  ±195) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Otsego County: 2.3 25,218 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.8% ±1.6% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Otsego County: 6.1% † 314 (±2.3% / ±117)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

799 ±117 Number of housing units
  • Otsego County: 14,882 ±68
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$213,700 ±$23,411 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Otsego County: $219,700 ±$9,361
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±4% (89  ±50.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Otsego County: 11.5% † 2,916 (±1.8% / ±460.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±17.8% (847  ±108.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Otsego County: 94.5% 17,449 (±4.2% / ±779)
  • 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)
22.5% ±5.4% (205  ±57.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Otsego County: 26.3% 4,865 (±2.2% / ±400.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

2.4% ±2.6% (30  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Otsego County: 1.6% 410
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.8% ±4.6% (125  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Otsego County: 10.1% † 2,049 (±1.5% / ±304)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
125 Total veterans ±48 121 Male ±48 4 Female ±6

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