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Houghton Lake, MI

5,601 Population
10.8 square miles 521 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.2 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Roscommon County: 57 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,527 ±$4,134 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Roscommon County: $34,587 ±$1,871
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $37,929 ±$155
$44,432 ±$9,671 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Roscommon County: $49,898 ±$3,122
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $68,505 ±$307

26.1% ±5.1% (1,439  ±293) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Roscommon County: 16.2% † 3,758 (±1.8% / ±410)
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,293,164 (±0.1% / ±13,321)

26.6 minutes ±3.9 (47,200  ±10,405) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Roscommon County: 25.4 181,015 (±1.1 / ±13,107)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.5 101,384,610 (±0.1 / ±438,980)

Families

2,681 ±189 Number of households
  • Roscommon County: 11,358 ±366
  • Michigan: 4,009,253 ±7,688
2.1 ±0.2 (5,507  ±311) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Roscommon County: 2.1 23,327 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,840,766

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

Housing

4,499 ±240 Number of housing units
  • Roscommon County: 23,182 ±41
  • Michigan: 4,580,447 ±658

$116,400 ±$21,207 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Roscommon County: $133,400 ±$7,289
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $201,100 ±$796

21.1% ±5.5% (1,179  ±,315.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Roscommon County: 14.9% † 3,483 (±1.9% / ±,434.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 12.2% 1,212,435 (±0.1% / ±12,907.9)

Social

90.2% ±7.6% (4,024  ±,412.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Roscommon County: 90.7% 17,147 (±3.7% / ±,703.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,366,037 (±0.3% / ±17,580.6)
14.3% ±4.4% (636  ±,198.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Roscommon County: 18.5% 3,500 (±1.7% / ±315)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 31.1% 2,160,351 (±0.1% / ±10,020.5)

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

0.4% ±0.1% (20  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Roscommon County: 1.8% 417
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 694,860

9.3% ±2.7% (435  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Roscommon County: 11.7% 2,346 (±1.1% / ±216)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.3% 498,788 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
435 Total veterans ±127 427 Male ±126 8 Female ±15

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