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49913

7,510 Population
75.5 square miles 99.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 33.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,734 ±$2,082 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $32,600 ±$1,612
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$53,571 ±$5,682 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $58,128 ±$3,096
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

14.7% ±3.4% (1,100  ±256) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 16.4% 5,826 (±1.5% / ±533)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

15.3 minutes ±1.2 (44,010  ±5,355) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15.8 246,365 (±0.8 / ±15,999)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

3,138 ±185 Number of households
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15,440 ±378
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.4 ±0.2 (7,475  ±297) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 2.3 35,423 (±0.1 / ±251)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

4% ±2.5% (59  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 3.8% † 314 (±1% / ±83)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

4,045 ±238 Number of housing units
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 21,175 ±114
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$110,200 ±$13,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $160,800 ±$7,076
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

10.8% ±2.9% (802  ±220.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 19.5% 7,711 (±1.8% / ±693.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

91.2% ±5.1% (4,555  ±346.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 94.6% 22,405 (±3.2% / ±756.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
24% ±2.7% (1,197  ±147.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 37.5% 8,892 (±2.2% / ±520)
  • about three-quarters 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

2% ±1% (152  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 5.1% 2,039
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

9.9% ±2.3% (564  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 7.1% † 2,254 (±0.7% / ±233)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
564 Total veterans ±135 493 Male ±119 71 Female ±44

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