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Buena Vista, MI

5,798 Population
4 square miles 1,450.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±7.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,466 ±$4,011 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: $34,578 ±$791
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,999 ±$7,125 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: $60,622 ±$1,588
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.4% ±7.8% (1,173  ±458) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 18.2% 33,290 (±1.2% / ±2,213)
  • about 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)

20.2 minutes ±1.3 (35,185  ±8,295) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 22.4 1,621,305 (±0.6 / ±56,281)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,297 ±261 Number of households
  • the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 77,958 ±704
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (5,786  ±373) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 2.3 182,381 (±0 / ±109)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.8% ±13% (139  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,435 (±1.1% / ±439)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,926 ±352 Number of housing units
  • the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 86,208 ±109
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$62,000 ±$8,960 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: $152,800 ±$2,921
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.1% ±4.9% (294  ±283) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 9.9% 18,387 (±0.9% / ±1,628.6)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.4% ±11.1% (3,288  ±507.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 91.6% 120,120 (±1.7% / ±2,248.3)
  • a little less than 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)
11.1% ±5.9% (419  ±223.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 24.4% 31,982 (±0.9% / ±1,168)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about one-third 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

2.4% ±2.7% (140  ±157) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 2.4% 4,512
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±3.6% (353  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Saginaw, MI Metro Area: 6.6% 9,767 (±0.4% / ±628)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
353 Total veterans ±157 353 Male ±157 N/A Female ±16

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