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Houghton Lake, MI Urban Area

8,695 Population
10.9 square miles 797.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.2 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,064 ±$3,686 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,174 ±$5,083 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.7% ±4.2% (1,526  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.1 minutes ±2.6 (70,420  ±12,114) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,311 ±318 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (8,695  ±488) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±3.1% (57  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,011 ±350 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,000 ±$9,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±4.7% (1,193  ±407.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±3.8% (6,358  ±449.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.1% ±2.8% (1,161  ±199.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

0.7% ±0.6% (62  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±1.9% (662  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
662 Total veterans ±145 612 Male ±145 50 Female ±35

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