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Traverse City, MI

15,491 Population
8.3 square miles 1,871.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 46.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$53,630 ±$6,438 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $43,440 ±$1,025
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$71,731 ±$7,313 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $77,495 ±$1,749
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

9.1% ±2.5% (1,351  ±372) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 9.2% 14,039 (±0.8% / ±1,185)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

18.8 minutes ±3.1 (125,705  ±22,570) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 22.8 1,456,375 (±0.6 / ±48,620)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

7,312 ±347 Number of households
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 64,217 ±611
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2 ±0.1 (14,797  ±122) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 2.4 152,007 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

2.6% ±2.1% (85  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 4.1% † 1,248 (±0.8% / ±251)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

8,583 ±442 Number of housing units
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 85,951 ±136
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$367,600 ±$22,848 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $286,500 ±$5,294
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

15.6% ±2.9% (2,408  ±446) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 10.3% 15,847 (±0.8% / ±1,238.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

95.7% ±5.4% (11,166  ±761.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 94.6% 108,525 (±1.8% / ±2,041.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
47% ±3.8% (5,485  ±494.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 38.5% 44,164 (±1.1% / ±1,292.9)
  • about 1.5 times 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

3.5% ±1.1% (547  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 1.9% 2,938
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5% ±1.5% (650  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 7.9% 9,876 (±0.4% / ±555)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
650 Total veterans ±189 578 Male ±181 72 Female ±60

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