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West Ishpeming, MI

2,714 Population
3 square miles 917.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±6.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 39.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,350 ±$3,058 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: $34,471 ±$843
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$80,500 ±$14,322 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: $64,675 ±$2,064
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

5.6% ±4% (149  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 13.6% 8,538 (±1.2% / ±754)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

22.1 minutes ±5.7 (26,425  ±7,685) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 18.6 529,940 (±0.8 / ±26,254)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,060 ±121 Number of households
  • the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 27,887 ±408
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.5 ±0.4 (2,641  ±223) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 2.2 62,606 (±0 / ±99)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

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

Housing

1,123 ±106 Number of housing units
  • the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 33,553 ±85
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$166,100 ±$24,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: $202,000 ±$6,058
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

7.7% ±3.9% (207  ±105.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 14.9% 9,841 (±1.2% / ±778.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93.5% ±9.6% (1,712  ±236.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 95.5% 42,440 (±2.5% / ±1,120.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
25.2% ±5.7% (462  ±112.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 35.8% 15,923 (±1.5% / ±682.1)
  • about 80 percent of 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

3.1% ±2.6% (83  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 2.2% 1,453
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

9.2% ±3% (197  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 8.9% 4,835 (±0.7% / ±356)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
197 Total veterans ±66 197 Male ±66 N/A Female ±11

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