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49931

10,475 Population
26.4 square miles 397.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 33.5 ±0.5
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,865 ±$4,243 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
$50,408 ±$10,259 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $58,128 ±$3,096
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

31.1% ±3.7% (2,124  ±294) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 16.4% 5,826 (±1.5% / ±533)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

11.6 minutes ±1.3 (50,330  ±7,582) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15.8 246,365 (±0.8 / ±15,999)
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

3,049 ±317 Number of households
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15,440 ±378
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.2 ±0.3 (6,725  ±491) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 2.3 35,423 (±0.1 / ±251)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

1.7% ±1.5% (49  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 3.8% † 314 (±1% / ±83)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

3,507 ±324 Number of housing units
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 21,175 ±114
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$232,800 ±$14,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $160,800 ±$7,076
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

36.6% ±5.1% (3,817  ±547.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 19.5% 7,711 (±1.8% / ±693.9)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

95.5% ±3.3% (3,864  ±430) 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)
62.1% ±6.5% (2,512  ±373) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 37.5% 8,892 (±2.2% / ±520)
  • nearly double 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

13% ±3.9% (1,363  ±414) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 5.1% 2,039
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

2.8% ±1% (257  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 7.1% † 2,254 (±0.7% / ±233)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
257 Total veterans ±95 196 Male ±71 61 Female ±48

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