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Laurium, MI

1,509 Population
0.6 square miles 2,324 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 33.5 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,067 ±$3,726 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $32,600 ±$1,612
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,167 ±$16,424 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $58,128 ±$3,096
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16% ±7.4% (242  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 16.4% 5,826 (±1.5% / ±533)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.7 minutes ±1.9 (10,100  ±2,890) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15.8 246,365 (±0.8 / ±15,999)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

756 ±112 Number of households
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15,440 ±378
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (1,509  ±230) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 2.3 35,423 (±0.1 / ±251)
  • about 80 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

4.9% ±6.3% (16  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 3.8% † 314 (±1% / ±83)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

926 ±110 Number of housing units
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 21,175 ±114
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$126,100 ±$28,326 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $160,800 ±$7,076
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±8.7% (248  ±134.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 19.5% 7,711 (±1.8% / ±693.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.5% ±4.1% (953  ±145) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 94.6% 22,405 (±3.2% / ±756.4)
  • 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)
31.1% ±6.3% (335  ±83) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 37.5% 8,892 (±2.2% / ±520)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.8% ±0.9% (12  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 5.1% 2,039
  • 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

13.4% ±6.2% (173  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 7.1% † 2,254 (±0.7% / ±233)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
173 Total veterans ±85 145 Male ±66 28 Female ±32

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