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Census Tract 5, Houghton, MI

4,193 Population
38.9 square miles 107.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dollar Bay: 31.3 † ±4.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Houghton County: 32.2 ±0.5

Economics

$34,948 ±$5,350 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dollar Bay: $34,085 † ±$17,969
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Houghton County: $31,893 ±$1,708
$76,250 ±$5,977 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Dollar Bay: $61,250 † ±$16,564
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Houghton County: $58,899 ±$3,371

8.9% ±2.9% (360  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dollar Bay: 13.5% † 142 (±8.5% / ±93)
  • about half the rate in Houghton County: 16.5% 5,505 (±1.5% / ±513)

13.5 minutes ±0.6 (20,280  ±3,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dollar Bay: 17.4 † 6,905 (±4.6 / ±2,571)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Houghton County: 15.6 232,120 (±0.9 / ±15,846)

Families

1,497 ±118 Number of households
  • Dollar Bay: 376 † ±69
  • Houghton County: 14,305 ±372
2.7 ±0.1 (4,048  ±345) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dollar Bay: 2.8 † 1,049 (±0.7 / ±184)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Houghton County: 2.3 33,306 (±0.1 / ±251)

5.3% ±2.6% (44  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Dollar Bay: 9.7% † 18 (±8.7% / ±17)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Houghton County: 3.8% † 309 (±1% / ±83)

Housing

1,883 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Dollar Bay: 460 † ±77
  • Houghton County: 18,870 ±116

$230,600 ±$18,839 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Dollar Bay: $153,100 † ±$61,273
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Houghton County: $159,900 ±$7,874

11.4% ±3% (472  ±130.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dollar Bay: 6.4% † 66 (±6.6% / ±68.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Houghton County: 19.9% 7,441 (±1.8% / ±681)

Social

96.9% ±11.6% (2,469  ±200.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dollar Bay: 94.9% † 574 (±23.7% / ±96.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Houghton County: 94.5% 20,713 (±3.3% / ±738.6)
39% ±3.5% (992  ±124) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dollar Bay: 23.1% † 140 (±6.7% / ±48)
  • a little higher than the rate in Houghton County: 37.2% 8,167 (±2.3% / ±512.9)

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

1.3% ±1% (55  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Dollar Bay: 0.6% † 6 (±1% / ±11)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Houghton County: 5.3% 2,006

6.2% ±2.1% (185  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dollar Bay: 7.5% † 53 (±4.4% / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Houghton County: 6.7% † 2,008 (±0.8% / ±228)
185 Total veterans ±65 185 Male ±65 N/A Female ±11

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