Source: 2010 Census and STATSIndiana 

 

POPULATION
NUMBER
PERCENT
St. Joseph County
61,295
 
Sturgis
10,994
 
Three Rivers
7,811
 

 

POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
NUMBER
PERCENT
Median age
38.7
 
Under 5 Years
4,255
6.9%
18 years and over
45,420
74.1%
65 years and over
9,103
14.9%
Population 21 years and over
43,179
70.4% 
High school graduate or higher
83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
13.2%

 

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
NUMBER
PERCENT
In Labor Force (16 years and older)
29,228
Working outside County
8,387
 
Mean travel time to work in minutes
21.2
 
Median household income
$43,402
 
Per Capita income
$20,096
 

 

INDUSTRY
 
NUMBER
PERCENT
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining
 
NA
Construction
 
413
2.2%
Manufacturing
 
7,069
37.4%
Wholesale trade
 
413
2.2%
Retail trade
 
2,497
13.2%
Transportation and warehousing
 
98 
0.5%
Information
 
136 
0.7%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing
 
907
3%
Professional and technical services
 
300
1.6%
Educational services, health and social services
 
1,507
7.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation And food service
 
1,297
6.9%
Other services (except public administration)
 
448
2.4%
Public Administration
 
654
3.5%

 

HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
NUMBER
PERCENT
Total housing units
27,778
 
Owner-occupied housing units
17,523
  75.4%
Persons per household, 2005-2009
2.70
 
Median value
$116,000
 
Median of selected monthly owner costs
 
 
With a mortgage
$1,067
 
Not mortgaged
$362
 
Renter-occupied housing units
5,721
 
Median housing unit rent
NA
 
Vacant housing units
4,534 
 

 

ADDITIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS INFORMATION
Additional demographics information and data set links are available for St. Joseph County, Michigan at the following websites:

 

Other useful information on St. Joseph County and Michigan can be found at:

 

Locally, the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research provides data on St. Joseph County and Southwestern Michigan.


 


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