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49037

20,550 Population
19.3 square miles 1,063.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$23,763 ±$1,450 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: $34,349 ±$901
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$42,690 ±$5,642 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: $63,177 ±$2,107
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

24.4% ±4% (4,906  ±837) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 13.9% 18,177 (±1.1% / ±1,483)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

18.6 minutes ±1.2 (145,010  ±15,013) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 20.5 1,096,200 (±0.5 / ±33,455)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

8,723 ±412 Number of households
  • the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 53,333 ±559
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.3 ±0 (20,046  ±1,000) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 2.4 130,086 (±0 / ±84)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

7.2% ±2.7% (339  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 5.7% † 1,705 (±0.9% / ±257)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

10,010 ±412 Number of housing units
  • the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 59,602 ±87
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$99,600 ±$6,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: $162,800 ±$2,882
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

15.2% ±2.8% (3,072  ±592.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 11.6% 15,269 (±1% / ±1,334.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

87.9% ±4.1% (12,113  ±812.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 91.4% 83,998 (±2.1% / ±1,942.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
12.3% ±1.9% (1,698  ±274.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 22.9% 21,057 (±1.1% / ±1,009.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.2% ±1.1% (852  ±230) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 4.1% 5,502
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

9.6% ±1.4% (1,466  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Battle Creek, MI Metro Area: 7.2% 7,436 (±0.6% / ±579)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
1,466 Total veterans ±225 1,378 Male ±222 88 Female ±48

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