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49905

2,281 Population
78.6 square miles 29 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 33.5 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,228 ±$4,005 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $32,600 ±$1,612
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$77,617 ±$18,697 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $58,128 ±$3,096
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

6.8% ±4.8% (156  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 16.4% 5,826 (±1.5% / ±533)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

24.4 minutes ±7.6 (19,570  ±7,222) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15.8 246,365 (±0.8 / ±15,999)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

785 ±116 Number of households
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15,440 ±378
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.9 ±0.6 (2,276  ±313) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 2.3 35,423 (±0.1 / ±251)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

5.8% ±4.5% (22  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 3.8% † 314 (±1% / ±83)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

992 ±129 Number of housing units
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 21,175 ±114
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$211,300 ±$82,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $160,800 ±$7,076
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

12% ±7.5% (272  ±175) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 19.5% 7,711 (±1.8% / ±693.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

94.8% ±20.1% (1,278  ±186.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 94.6% 22,405 (±3.2% / ±756.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
48.2% ±8.9% (650  ±155.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 37.5% 8,892 (±2.2% / ±520)
  • about 1.5 times 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

1.2% ±1.1% (27  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 5.1% 2,039
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

5.5% ±1.8% (86  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 7.1% † 2,254 (±0.7% / ±233)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
86 Total veterans ±31 66 Male ±24 20 Female ±26

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