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Elk township, Sanilac County, MI

1,436 Population
35.7 square miles 40.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sanilac County: 45.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,102 ±$3,546 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sanilac County: $33,584 ±$898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,266 ±$10,725 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sanilac County: $58,863 ±$1,842
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±6.2% (158  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sanilac County: 15.3% 6,125 (±1.3% / ±523)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±2.4 (15,835  ±3,068) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sanilac County: 28.6 439,650 (±1 / ±19,744)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

603 ±78 Number of households
  • Sanilac County: 17,516 ±266
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (1,412  ±216) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sanilac County: 2.3 39,942 (±0 / ±15)
  • 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

2.9% ±2.8% (7  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Sanilac County: 6% † 463 (±0.9% / ±67)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

628 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Sanilac County: 21,756 ±99
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,100 ±$20,771 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sanilac County: $168,300 ±$2,743
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±3.9% (116  ±57.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sanilac County: 9.1% † 3,630 (±1% / ±393.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±18.1% (994  ±125.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sanilac County: 90.6% 26,321 (±2.3% / ±675.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±4.5% (187  ±57.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sanilac County: 16.5% 4,784 (±1.2% / ±340.1)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half 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% ±1% (15  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sanilac County: 1.4% 563
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±3.3% (95  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Sanilac County: 7.5% 2,412 (±0.7% / ±216)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
95 Total veterans ±42 95 Male ±42 N/A Female ±11

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