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Census Tract 9605, Mecosta, MI

3,677 Population
7.2 square miles 510.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Big Rapids: 22.9 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mecosta County: 40 ±0.5

Economics

$25,712 ±$4,206 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Big Rapids: $23,446 † ±$2,497
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mecosta County: $29,951 ±$918
$41,845 ±$12,090 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Big Rapids: $43,858 † ±$4,640
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mecosta County: $60,951 ±$2,088

31.7% ±9% (1,130  ±337) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Big Rapids: 34.1% † 2,216 (±4.8% / ±314)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mecosta County: 19.9% 7,752 (±1.9% / ±740)

16.2 minutes ±2.9 (27,485  ±6,873) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Big Rapids: 14.9 † 59,040 (±2.2 / ±10,077)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mecosta County: 23.7 376,425 (±0.9 / ±19,839)

Families

1,715 ±181 Number of households
  • Big Rapids: 3,133 ±201
  • Mecosta County: 16,708 ±368
2.1 ±0.3 (3,534  ±341) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Big Rapids: 2.1 6,452 (±0.1 / ±76)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mecosta County: 2.3 39,002 (±0.1 / ±65)

3.6% ±5.1% (33  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Big Rapids: 2.7% † 70 (±2.1% / ±56)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mecosta County: 5.4% † 497 (±1.5% / ±137)

Housing

1,912 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Big Rapids: 3,610 ±222
  • Mecosta County: 21,139 ±59

$123,800 ±$23,312 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Big Rapids: $156,400 ±$10,062
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mecosta County: $178,900 ±$7,731

24.5% ±7.6% (889  ±285.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Big Rapids: 39.7% † 3,345 (±5.3% / ±448)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mecosta County: 17.2% 7,002 (±1.7% / ±681.4)

Social

93.2% ±8.9% (2,039  ±310.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Big Rapids: 94.3% 3,239 (±7% / ±351.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mecosta County: 91.4% 24,772 (±2.8% / ±755)
18.8% ±6.3% (411  ±147) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Big Rapids: 26.9% † 924 (±4.9% / ±183.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mecosta County: 22.5% 6,088 (±1.3% / ±358.8)

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

1.1% ±1.1% (40  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Big Rapids: 0.9% † 77 (±0.6% / ±49)
  • about half the rate in Mecosta County: 2% 837

2.9% ±1.8% (87  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Big Rapids: 2.6% † 192 (±1% / ±75)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mecosta County: 7.2% † 2,403 (±0.9% / ±282)
87 Total veterans ±55 87 Male ±55 N/A Female ±11

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