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Houghton, MI

8,341 Population
4.4 square miles 1,902.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 33.7 ±0.6
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,698 ±$6,904 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $32,248 ±$1,738
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$35,417 ±$11,073 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $56,403 ±$1,966
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

34.9% ±6.8% (1,771  ±354) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15.5% 5,509 (±1.3% / ±468)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

11.7 minutes ±1.4 (38,695  ±6,199) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 16.1 253,865 (±0.8 / ±16,144)
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

2,297 ±228 Number of households
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15,341 ±343
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.2 ±0.2 (4,986  ±247) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 2.3 35,479 (±0.1 / ±250)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

1.5% ±1.7% (35  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 3.7% † 312 (±1% / ±82)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

2,502 ±227 Number of housing units
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 21,073 ±120
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$233,700 ±$34,819 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $144,900 ±$11,249
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

43.9% ±6.9% (3,642  ±571.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 19.9% 7,809 (±2% / ±766.4)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

94.8% ±6.5% (2,873  ±462.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 94.7% 22,301 (±3.3% / ±785.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
65.7% ±10.1% (1,990  ±421.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 37.1% 8,738 (±2.4% / ±557.4)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

14.8% ±5.1% (1,234  ±429) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 5.1% 2,018
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

2.2% ±1.2% (165  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 7.3% 2,325 (±0.7% / ±223)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
165 Total veterans ±85 119 Male ±65 46 Female ±41

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