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Alpha, MI

215 Population
0.9 square miles 227.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.7 ±24.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iron County: 53.1 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,932 ±$5,286 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iron County: $34,784 ±$2,327
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,115 ±$5,379 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iron County: $55,940 ±$3,026
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.4% ±11.9% (46  ±33) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iron County: 17% † 1,916 (±2.5% / ±279)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.6 minutes ±6.1 (1,560  ±1,213) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iron County: 20 77,130 (±0.8 / ±5,646)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

115 ±44 Number of households
  • Iron County: 5,547 ±190
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.5 (215  ±98) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iron County: 2.1 11,353 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

148 ±48 Number of housing units
  • Iron County: 9,156 ±51
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$34,100 ±$17,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Iron County: $109,100 ±$6,805
  • less than a fifth of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±10.9% (22  ±25.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Iron County: 10.6% † 1,229 (±1.6% / ±189)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±55% (145  ±58.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Iron County: 94.7% 8,534 (±3.9% / ±353.8)
  • 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)
8.1% ±14% (13  ±23.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Iron County: 22.5% 2,028 (±1.8% / ±161.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about one-quarter of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

15.9% ±15.3% (33  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iron County: 11.1% 1,068 (±1% / ±94)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
33 Total veterans ±35 31 Male ±35 2 Female ±3

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