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Caro, MI

4,290 Population
2.9 square miles 1,457.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±7.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Tuscola County: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,058 ±$4,142 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tuscola County: $32,616 ±$903
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,595 ±$5,320 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tuscola County: $63,811 ±$1,903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.7% ±5.7% (1,161  ±231) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Tuscola County: 12.8% 6,718 (±1.2% / ±615)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±3.1 (25,620  ±5,423) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tuscola County: 29.6 616,945 (±1.2 / ±30,399)
  • 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

1,945 ±171 Number of households
  • Tuscola County: 21,498 ±287
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,029  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tuscola County: 2.4 52,145 (±0 / ±18)
  • 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

1.1% ±1.7% (10  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tuscola County: 4.7% † 487 (±1.1% / ±115)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,099 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Tuscola County: 24,011 ±54
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$102,700 ±$14,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tuscola County: $149,500 ±$5,293
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.5% ±8.3% (878  ±352.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Tuscola County: 8.9% † 4,671 (±1.3% / ±659.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±8.2% (2,828  ±309.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tuscola County: 92.6% 35,778 (±2.3% / ±899.8)
  • 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)
16.4% ±4.7% (511  ±149.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tuscola County: 16.3% 6,309 (±1% / ±398)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half 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

0.7% ±0.8% (30  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tuscola County: 0.9% 453
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±2.6% (202  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tuscola County: 6.6% 2,791 (±0.6% / ±232)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
202 Total veterans ±90 192 Male ±89 10 Female ±15

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