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Bear Lake, MI

343 Population
5.8 square miles 59.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.8 ±16.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 46.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,455 ±$10,369 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $45,393 ±$984
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,188 ±$19,809 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $80,889 ±$2,176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±3.7% (28  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 9.5% 14,570 (±0.8% / ±1,273)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±24.8 (2,700  ±1,596) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 22.5 1,420,705 (±0.7 / ±50,534)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

162 ±53 Number of households
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 65,429 ±855
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.5 (343  ±140) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 2.3 152,729 (±0 / ±101)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

582 ±76 Number of housing units
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 86,778 ±161
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$201,500 ±$115,018 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $324,300 ±$6,515
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±12.5% (26  ±44.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 10.3% 15,857 (±0.9% / ±1,370.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±43.4% (266  ±70.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 95.1% 110,037 (±1.8% / ±2,035.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.7% ±6.2% (70  ±31.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 39.4% 45,567 (±1.1% / ±1,266.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

2% ±1.9% (7  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 1.9% 2,886
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.8% (19  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 7.3% 9,271 (±0.5% / ±597)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
19 Total veterans ±10 19 Male ±10 N/A Female ±11

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