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Polkton charter township, Ottawa County, MI

2,396 Population
39.3 square miles 61 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 36.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,517 ±$3,854 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ottawa County: $42,799 ±$1,053
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$112,708 ±$14,836 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ottawa County: $90,502 ±$1,860
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.8% ±1.7% (68  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Ottawa County: 8.3% 24,177 (±0.7% / ±1,900)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.9 minutes ±5.1 (25,035  ±3,757) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 20.1 2,749,270 (±0.3 / ±58,797)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

865 ±95 Number of households
  • Ottawa County: 111,322 ±737
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (2,387  ±239) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 2.6 290,730 (±0 / ±276)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±5.5% (30  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ottawa County: 4.1% † 2,957 (±0.6% / ±449)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

895 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Ottawa County: 117,604 ±134
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$366,000 ±$29,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ottawa County: $323,400 ±$4,476
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.4% ±3.8% (222  ±91.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ottawa County: 12.4% 37,009 (±0.9% / ±2,773.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.8% ±0.7% (1,597  ±167.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ottawa County: 94.5% 182,257 (±1.6% / ±3,053.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.6% ±3.4% (444  ±73.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ottawa County: 38.9% 75,084 (±1% / ±1,934.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.6% ±1% (39  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Ottawa County: 5.1% 15,269
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±1.7% (76  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ottawa County: 4.8% 11,005 (±0.3% / ±686)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
76 Total veterans ±31 69 Male ±30 7 Female ±8

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