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Houghton Lake, MI

5,769 Population
10.8 square miles 536.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.8 ±4.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Roscommon County: 57.7 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,751 ±$4,634 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Roscommon County: $38,044 ±$2,340
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$50,305 ±$4,780 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Roscommon County: $55,246 ±$2,903
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

19% ±7% (1,075  ±401) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Roscommon County: 15.5% † 3,645 (±2.2% / ±524)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

24.8 minutes ±2.9 (44,410  ±9,610) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Roscommon County: 24.3 177,040 (±1.4 / ±14,406)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

2,832 ±260 Number of households
  • Roscommon County: 11,579 ±352
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2 ±0.2 (5,654  ±403) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Roscommon County: 2 23,502 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

1.9% ±2.9% (15  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Roscommon County: 3.3% † 113 (±1.6% / ±56)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

4,648 ±204 Number of housing units
  • Roscommon County: 23,213 ±70
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$126,200 ±$24,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Roscommon County: $158,700 ±$7,566
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

18.2% ±7.6% (1,045  ±441.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Roscommon County: 12% † 2,835 (±2.1% / ±504)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

91.5% ±6.8% (4,160  ±424.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Roscommon County: 91.8% 17,566 (±3.4% / ±661.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
15.2% ±4.2% (692  ±196.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Roscommon County: 20.2% 3,870 (±1.8% / ±343.9)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

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

0.6% ±0.7% (34  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Roscommon County: 1.3% 309
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

10.5% ±3.1% (516  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Roscommon County: 10.1% † 2,061 (±1.2% / ±238)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
516 Total veterans ±154 498 Male ±155 18 Female ±28

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