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49685

21,308 Population
54.2 square miles 393.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 46.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,068 ±$2,524 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $45,393 ±$984
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,590 ±$5,057 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $80,889 ±$2,176
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±3.6% (1,928  ±774) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 9.5% 14,570 (±0.8% / ±1,273)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.2 minutes ±0.5 (183,910  ±17,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 22.5 1,420,705 (±0.7 / ±50,534)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,419 ±475 Number of households
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 65,429 ±855
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (21,250  ±1,120) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 2.3 152,729 (±0 / ±101)
  • 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

4.2% ±2.2% (185  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 4.5% † 1,372 (±0.9% / ±273)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,251 ±498 Number of housing units
  • the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 86,778 ±161
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$358,500 ±$18,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: $324,300 ±$6,515
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±2.7% (2,297  ±589) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 10.3% 15,857 (±0.9% / ±1,370.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±4.1% (14,287  ±942.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 95.1% 110,037 (±1.8% / ±2,035.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.8% ±3.2% (5,799  ±556.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 39.4% 45,567 (±1.1% / ±1,266.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 10 percent 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

2.1% ±0.8% (450  ±180) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 1.9% 2,886
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.5% (1,113  ±258) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Traverse City, MI Metro Area: 7.3% 9,271 (±0.5% / ±597)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,113 Total veterans ±258 1,073 Male ±266 40 Female ±41

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