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Census Tract 9, Houghton, MI

4,438 Population
24.8 square miles 179 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±5.5 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Houghton: 21.7 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Houghton County: 32.2 ±0.5

Economics

$38,890 ±$4,953 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Houghton: $26,716 † ±$4,903
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Houghton County: $31,893 ±$1,708
$77,361 ±$19,274 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Houghton: $43,456 † ±$10,793
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Houghton County: $58,899 ±$3,371

10.3% ±4.8% (454  ±215) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Houghton: 40.1% † 1,965 (±5.4% / ±284)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Houghton County: 16.5% 5,505 (±1.5% / ±513)

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Families

1,740 ±198 Number of households
  • Houghton: 2,251 † ±240
  • Houghton County: 14,305 ±372
2.5 ±0.4 (4,397  ±436) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Houghton: 2.1 † 4,788 (±0.3 / ±253)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Houghton County: 2.3 33,306 (±0.1 / ±251)

3.1% ±2.7% (26  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Houghton: 1% † 22 (±1.5% / ±34)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Houghton County: 3.8% † 309 (±1% / ±83)

Housing

2,005 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Houghton: 2,441 † ±251
  • Houghton County: 18,870 ±116

$203,800 ±$51,760 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Houghton: $254,500 † ±$35,540
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Houghton County: $159,900 ±$7,874

19.1% ±6.3% (846  ±289.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Houghton: 39.3% † 3,316 (±6.1% / ±517.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Houghton County: 19.9% 7,441 (±1.8% / ±681)

Social

96.6% ±6.4% (2,617  ±289.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Houghton: 94.9% 2,768 (±5.2% / ±389.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Houghton County: 94.5% 20,713 (±3.3% / ±738.6)
48% ±6.9% (1,300  ±219.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Houghton: 68.6% † 2,002 (±8% / ±349.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Houghton County: 37.2% 8,167 (±2.3% / ±512.9)

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

4.5% ±1.9% (199  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Houghton: 15.9% † 1,351 (±5% / ±423)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Houghton County: 5.3% 2,006

3.2% ±1.3% (102  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Houghton: 1.7% † 130 (±0.9% / ±71)
  • about half the rate in Houghton County: 6.7% † 2,008 (±0.8% / ±228)
102 Total veterans ±42 96 Male ±40 6 Female ±8

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