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Houghton, MI Micro Area

39,826 Population
1,549.2 square miles 25.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,600 ±$1,612 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,128 ±$3,096 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.4% ±1.5% (5,826  ±533) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.8 minutes ±0.8 (246,365  ±15,999) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,440 ±378 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (35,423  ±251) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±1% (314  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,175 ±114 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,800 ±$7,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.5% ±1.8% (7,711  ±693.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±3.2% (22,405  ±756.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.5% ±2.2% (8,892  ±520) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher 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

5.1% (2,039  ±464) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±0.7% (2,254  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,254 Total veterans ±233 2,017 Male ±212 237 Female ±72

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