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Census Tract 1, Houghton, MI

3,101 Population
141.1 square miles 22 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Copper City: 47.5 † ±13.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Houghton County: 32.2 ±0.5

Economics

$33,244 ±$3,175 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Copper City: $22,310 † ±$4,530
  • a little higher than the amount in Houghton County: $31,893 ±$1,708
$73,603 ±$10,361 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Copper City: $51,250 † ±$9,128
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Houghton County: $58,899 ±$3,371

6.2% ±3.6% (190  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Copper City: 15.4% † 39 (±15.3% / ±44)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Houghton County: 16.5% 5,505 (±1.5% / ±513)

20.9 minutes ±2.2 (22,190  ±4,088) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Copper City: 13 † 725 (±12.3 / ±466)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Houghton County: 15.6 232,120 (±0.9 / ±15,846)

Families

1,149 ±107 Number of households
  • Copper City: 91 † ±37
  • Houghton County: 14,305 ±372
2.7 ±0.4 (3,079  ±279) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Copper City: 2.8 † 253 (±1 / ±137)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Houghton County: 2.3 33,306 (±0.1 / ±251)

2% ±3% (10  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Copper City: 0%
  • about half the rate in Houghton County: 3.8% † 309 (±1% / ±83)

Housing

2,007 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Copper City: 134 † ±46
  • Houghton County: 18,870 ±116

$206,900 ±$23,689 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Copper City: $103,400 † ±$12,662
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Houghton County: $159,900 ±$7,874

13.1% ±6.8% (406  ±211.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Copper City: 8.3% † 21 (±4.8% / ±16.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Houghton County: 19.9% 7,441 (±1.8% / ±681)

Social

89.8% ±3.6% (1,875  ±190.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Copper City: 87.4% † 145 (±58.5% / ±66.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Houghton County: 94.5% 20,713 (±3.3% / ±738.6)
26.3% ±3.6% (550  ±90.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Copper City: 7.2% † 12 (±15.3% / ±26.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Houghton County: 37.2% 8,167 (±2.3% / ±512.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.5% ±2.5% (108  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Copper City: 0.4% † 1 (±0.8% / ±2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Houghton County: 5.3% 2,006

9.9% ±2.9% (222  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Copper City: 2.2% † 4 (±1.9% / ±4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Houghton County: 6.7% † 2,008 (±0.8% / ±228)
222 Total veterans ±69 214 Male ±68 8 Female ±12

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