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Western Upper Peninsula PUMA, MI

174,095 Population
8,596.9 square miles 20.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,070 ±$1,397 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,169 ±$2,887 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±1.8% (25,204  ±2,881) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.6 minutes ±1 (1,199,595  ±83,127) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 103,755,816 (±0.2 / ±1,091,458)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

77,414 ±1,532 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0 (162,668  ±410) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±1.3% (1,285  ±460) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

98,774 ±841 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$174,000 ±$8,416 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.9% ±1.6% (22,342  ±2,806) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.6% ±3.2% (116,548  ±4,115.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.8% ±1.9% (40,011  ±2,400) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 33.3% 2,366,945 (±0.3% / ±23,456.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.6% ±0.4% (5,901  ±710.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 10.4% 992,408 (±0.1% / ±9,331.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.5% (4,262  ±1,001) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8% ±0.8% (11,475  ±1,196) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,475 Total veterans ±1,196 10,239 Male ±1,130 1,236 Female ±402

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