Grand Traverse County, Michigan Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Grand Traverse County is 2nd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Grand Traverse County is 6th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Home median value

Grand Traverse County is 6th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Grand Traverse County is 9th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Income per capita

Grand Traverse County is 9th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Grand Traverse County is 10th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Grand Traverse County is 11th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Grand Traverse County is 13th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Grand Traverse County is 15th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Income per household

Grand Traverse County is 16th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Main Cities Within Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Traverse City, Michigan

Grand Traverse County, Michigan Border Map

Grand Traverse County, Michigan Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Grand Traverse County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	89,112	22nd	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	464.3	78th	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	187.3	20th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Grand Traverse County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	27th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.4%	42nd	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.8%	52nd	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Grand Traverse County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.9%	6th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.8%	9th	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Grand Traverse County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	95.0%	42nd	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.3%	39th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	23rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	26th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	47th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	41st	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	38th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.9%	35th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Grand Traverse County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	50.7%	21st	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	49th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Grand Traverse County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	41,781	22nd	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.8%	18th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	34,450	22nd	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.4%	62nd	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$172,800	6th	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.4	44th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	273	10th	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Grand Traverse County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$27,617	9th	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$50,629	15th	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.9%	73rd	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Grand Traverse County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,278	13th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	39,944	16th	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	10,504	16th	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,570,064	17th	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,415	2nd	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$237,714	11th	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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