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49945

2,729 Population
149 square miles 18.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 33.5 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,726 ±$5,404 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $32,600 ±$1,612
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$59,453 ±$9,963 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $58,128 ±$3,096
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

11.5% ±4.8% (314  ±137) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 16.4% 5,826 (±1.5% / ±533)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

21.1 minutes ±2.5 (22,655  ±4,792) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15.8 246,365 (±0.8 / ±15,999)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

1,331 ±176 Number of households
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 15,440 ±378
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2 ±0.4 (2,720  ±351) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 2.3 35,423 (±0.1 / ±251)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

4.8% ±3.8% (22  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 3.8% † 314 (±1% / ±83)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

2,318 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 21,175 ±114
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$159,100 ±$14,011 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: $160,800 ±$7,076
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

20.3% ±6.3% (548  ±184.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 19.5% 7,711 (±1.8% / ±693.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

91.5% ±13.9% (1,933  ±188.6) 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)
24.9% ±2.7% (526  ±84) 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

2.3% ±1.4% (62  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 5.1% 2,039
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

10.8% ±2.1% (251  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houghton, MI Micro Area: 7.1% † 2,254 (±0.7% / ±233)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
251 Total veterans ±57 221 Male ±56 30 Female ±19

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