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Chester township, Ottawa County, MI

2,284 Population
35.6 square miles 64.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±4.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ottawa County: 36.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,476 ±$3,863 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ottawa County: $42,799 ±$1,053
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,875 ±$10,118 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ottawa County: $90,502 ±$1,860
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±5.7% (181  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Ottawa County: 8.3% 24,177 (±0.7% / ±1,900)
  • 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)

28.2 minutes ±2.2 (28,680  ±5,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ottawa County: 20.1 2,749,270 (±0.3 / ±58,797)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

779 ±75 Number of households
  • Ottawa County: 111,322 ±737
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (2,259  ±236) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 2.6 290,730 (±0 / ±276)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.7% ±2.1% (8  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ottawa County: 4.1% † 2,957 (±0.6% / ±449)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

845 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Ottawa County: 117,604 ±134
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$276,100 ±$33,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ottawa County: $323,400 ±$4,476
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±4.3% (120  ±97.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ottawa County: 12.4% 37,009 (±0.9% / ±2,773.1)
  • about half 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

93.9% ±4.3% (1,310  ±140.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ottawa County: 94.5% 182,257 (±1.6% / ±3,053.4)
  • 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)
23.7% ±4.4% (331  ±69.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ottawa County: 38.9% 75,084 (±1% / ±1,934.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±2.4% (54  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Ottawa County: 5.1% 15,269
  • 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

7.6% ±3.1% (121  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ottawa County: 4.8% 11,005 (±0.3% / ±686)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
121 Total veterans ±50 106 Male ±45 15 Female ±12

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