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West Ishpeming, MI

2,851 Population
3 square miles 963.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±4.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 39.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,495 ±$4,303 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: $35,200 ±$944
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$95,129 ±$23,712 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: $65,429 ±$2,954
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5% ±3.4% (141  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 14% 8,824 (±1.2% / ±784)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.9 minutes ±3.2 (26,830  ±6,120) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 18 522,765 (±0.8 / ±25,636)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,107 ±113 Number of households
  • the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 28,255 ±346
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (2,798  ±238) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 2.2 62,949 (±0 / ±111)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,146 ±105 Number of housing units
  • the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 33,607 ±97
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$193,900 ±$29,975 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: $216,500 ±$5,359
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±3.3% (185  ±93.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 14.5% 9,670 (±1.2% / ±824.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±9.9% (1,867  ±270.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 95.7% 42,807 (±2.7% / ±1,198.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.6% ±6.8% (666  ±149.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 36.8% 16,462 (±1.6% / ±731.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • a little less than 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

3.4% ±3.1% (96  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 2.1% 1,429
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±3.3% (192  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Marquette, MI Micro Area: 8.3% 4,562 (±0.6% / ±346)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
192 Total veterans ±77 192 Male ±77 N/A Female ±11

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