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Traverse City, MI

15,468 Population
8.3 square miles 1,869 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 45.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,883 ±$6,269 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $40,465 ±$1,249
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $37,929 ±$155
$70,700 ±$6,736 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $73,845 ±$1,634
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $68,505 ±$307

11.2% ±2.4% (1,663  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 10.4% 15,732 (±0.9% / ±1,311)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,293,164 (±0.1% / ±13,321)

18 minutes ±2.3 (119,095  ±17,274) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 22.8 1,466,080 (±0.5 / ±42,900)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 101,384,610 (±0.1 / ±438,980)

Families

7,104 ±381 Number of households
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 62,368 ±810
  • Michigan: 4,009,253 ±7,688
2.1 ±0.1 (14,808  ±185) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 2.4 151,043 (±0 / ±98)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,840,766

2% ±1.6% (64  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 3.7% † 1,120 (±0.7% / ±202)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 116,868 (±0.1% / ±2,789)

Housing

8,302 ±430 Number of housing units
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 85,143 ±83
  • Michigan: 4,580,447 ±658

$336,900 ±$19,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $263,500 ±$5,374
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $201,100 ±$796

16.1% ±3% (2,479  ±,465.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 11.7% 17,823 (±0.9% / ±1,351.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 12.2% 1,212,435 (±0.1% / ±12,907.9)

Social

95.5% ±5.7% (10,950  ±,749.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 94.2% 106,731 (±1.8% / ±2,035)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,366,037 (±0.3% / ±17,580.6)
46.4% ±4% (5,322  ±,490.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 37% 41,932 (±1.1% / ±1,284.1)
  • about 1.5 times 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

3.3% ±1.5% (517  ±239) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 1.9% 2,911
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 694,860

6.3% ±1.7% (806  ±215) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 8.4% 10,514 (±0.5% / ±670)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 6.3% 498,788 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
806 Total veterans ±215 746 Male ±208 60 Female ±52

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