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Situation & Outlook Report

Traverse City, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area
(CBSA 45900)
Geographic-Demographic-Economic Characteristics -- access other areas
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Contents of this Report
This document is organized into these sections:
1. Recent Trends & Outlook
2. Overview & Updates
3. Reference & Thematic Pattern Maps
3.1. Lay of the Land
3.2. Neighborhood Patterns of Economic Prosperity
4. Population Characteristics & Trends
4.1. Component City Characteristics
4.2. Component County Characteristics
4.2.1. RDEMS Component County Characteristics
4.3. General Demographic Characteristics
5. Housing Characteristics & Trends
5.1. Total Housing Units
5.2. General Housing Characteristics
5.3. Residential Construction; Housing Units Authorized & Value
5.4. Housing Price Index
6. Economic Characteristics & Trends
6.1. Economic Profile
6.2. Cost of Living Indexes
6.3. Cost of Doing Business Indexes
6.4. Consumer Price Index
6.5. Gross Domestic Product
6.6. Establishments, Employment & Earnings by Type of Business
6.7. Labor Market Characteristics & Trends
7. Education Infrastructure
7.1. Component School District Characteristics
7.2. Component Higher Education Institution Characteristics
8. GeoPolitics
  Terms of Use
  Related Resources
  Using this Document
  Updates
  About Metros & Principal Cities
  Glossary


1. Recent Trends & Outlook
Summary of recent business, demographic, economic trends; year-ahead & 5-year outlook.
- the Recent Trends & Outlook section, updated quarterly, covers topics about this metro such as .. assessing the implications of next jobs report .. impact of Fed''s interest rate action .. which sectors are expanding or contracting .. housing market conditions .. insights to help your planning and decision-making. The Recent Trends & Outlook section is available in the subscription edition.

2. Overview & Update
The total population of the Traverse City, MI MISA metro changed from 143,315 in 2010 to 147,563 in 2015, a change of 5,019 (3.5%). Among all 917 metros, this metro was ranked number 285 in 2010 and 284 in 2015, based on total population. Annual net migration was 978 (2011), 697 (2012), 1,293 (2013), 1,115 (2014), 1,115 (2015). View annual population estimates and components of change table. See more about population characteristics below.

This metro is projected to have a total population in 2020 of 150,960. The projected population change from 2010 to 2020 is 7,653 (5.3%). The population ages 65 years and over is projected to change from 25,311 (2010) to 36,508 (2020), a change of 11,197 (44.2%). See more about population projections.

Based on per capita personal income (PCPI), this metro was ranked number 312 in 2008 and 271 in 2014. among the 917 metros for which personal income was estimated.The PCPI changed from $35,458 in 2008 to $41,313 in 2014, a change of $5,855 (16.5%). Per capita personal income (PCPI) is a comprehensive measure of individual economic well-being. Use the interactive table to compare PCPI in this metro to other metros. See more about PCPI in Economic Characteristics section below.

Attributes of driil-down, small area geography within the metro ... metros account for 65,744 of the national scope 73,056 census tracts (others are in non-metro areas). This metro is comprised of 35 tracts covering the metro wall-to-wall. View, rank, compare demographic-economic attributes of these tracts using the interactive tables. Use the CBSA code 45900; see table usage details below the table.

3. Lay of the Land & Neighborhood Patterns of Economic Prosperity   go top

3.1. Lay of the Land go top
Lay of the Land. The following map shows the metro with bold boundary.
Counties are labeled with county name and state-county FIPS code.

 
  View developed with CV XE GIS software.   See this section to learn about making custom metro maps.

3.2. Patterns of Economic Prosperity by Neighborhood go top

Median household income by census tract (see color/data legend at left of map).

 
  View developed with CV XE GIS software.   See this section to learn about making custom metro maps.

4. Population Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly, quarterly, annually. Housing market conditions and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

4.1. Component City Characteristics go top
Principal Cities (about principal cities); Click link to view city profile.
  •   Traverse City

Cities 10,000 population and over; click link to view city profile.
  AreaCensus
2010
July 1
2010
July 1
2011
July 1
2012
July 1
2013
July 1
2014
Change
2010-14
%Change
2010-14
  Traverse City, MI (2680340) 14,674 14,668 14,812 14,920 15,029 15,042 374 2.50

All places interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All places time series population estimates interactive table.

4.2. Component County Characteristics   go top
Updated periodically, annually. General demographics, social characteristics and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

Metropolitan areas are defined as one or more contiguous counties based on a set of demographic-economic criteria. Counties comprising the metro are shown below. For multi-county metros, this section provides insights into how the population is changing by county. Many metros changed geographic composition (counties included in the metro) between the Census 2010 vintage and the current vintage. These changes, if any, are also shown below (county is marked with **). See projections in related section.Click county code link to view county components of change.

  AreaJuly 1
2010
PctJuly 1
2011
PctJuly 1
2012
PctJuly 1
2013
PctJuly 1
2014
PctJuly 1
2015
Pct
Metro Summary ... more details 197,069 100.0 202,628 100.0 202,375 100.0 202,173 100.0 203,483 100.0 204,275 100.0
  Benzie County (26019) 17,507 8.9 17,436 8.6 17,390 8.6 17,398 8.6 17,505 8.6 17,457 8.5
  Grand Traverse County (26055) 86,964 44.1 88,138 43.5 88,988 44.0 89,979 44.5 90,796 44.6 91,636 44.9
  Kalkaska County (26079) 17,128 8.7 17,147 8.5 17,085 8.4 17,281 8.5 17,378 8.5 17,260 8.4
  Leelanau County (26089) 21,716 11.0 21,659 10.7 21,623 10.7 21,711 10.7 21,884 10.8 21,981 10.8

All counties interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All counties population estimates & components of change time series interactive table.

4.2.1. RDEMS County Characteristics
Updated quarterly. For more information, see RDEMS Main.
Links open HSG1 Housing & New Residential Construction section. Select other sections from list above table.
  Grand Traverse County, MI

4.3. General Demographic Characteristics
Updated annually. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Total Population: Race/Origin 146,358 147,610 1,252 0.86
  One race 143,079 145,623 2,544 1.78
    White 138,044 140,153 2,109 1.53
    Black/African American 138,044 140,153 2,109 1.53
    American Indian/Alaska Native 2,633 2,086 -547 -20.77
    Asian alone 1,034 1,022 -12 -1.16
    Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 26 26...
    Some other race alone 289 766 477 165.05
  Two or more races 3,279 1,987 -1,292 -39.40
  Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 3,458 4,236 778 22.50
Population 25 years and over 104,971 107,128 2,157 22.50
  % high school graduate or higher 91.8 93.1 1.3 1.42
  % bachelor's degree or higher 29.1 30.8 1.7 5.84
Total Households 56,163 58,898 2,735 5.84
  Median household income ($) 49,270 54,856 5,586 11.34
  Mean household income ($) 64,059 72,004 7,945 12.40
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Total Population: Gender & Age 146,358 147,610 1,252 0.86
  Male 72,224 73,150 926 12.40
  Female 74,134 74,460 326 12.40
  Under 5 years 7,807 7,484 -323 12.40
  5 to 9 years 8,885 8,223 -662 -7.45
  10 to 14 years 7,660 8,626 966 12.61
  15 to 19 years 8,778 7,826 -952 -10.85
  20 to 24 years 8,257 8,323 66 0.80
  25 to 34 years 16,122 17,003 881 5.46
  35 to 44 years 16,635 16,378 -257 -1.54
  45 to 54 years 21,188 20,460 -728 -3.44
  55 to 59 years 11,647 13,135 1,488 12.78
  55 to 59 years 11,647 13,135 1,488 12.78
  60 to 64 years 11,364 11,106 -258 -2.27
  65 to 74 years 15,983 16,801 818 5.12
  75 to 84 years 8,417 9,244 827 9.83
  85 years and over 3,615 3,001 -614 -16.98
  Median age 44.4 45.0 0.6 1.35
  18 years and over 116,342 117,973 1,631 1.40
  21 years and over 111,178 114,249 3,071 2.76
  62 years and over 35,018 35,888 870 2.48
  65 years and over 28,015 29,046 1,031 3.68

5. Housing Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly, quarterly, annually. Housing market conditions and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

5.1. Total Housing Units
Updated Annually. Independent annual model-based estimates. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  ItemCensus
2010
July 1
2010
July 1
2011
July 1
2012
July 1
2013
July 1
2014
Change
2010-2014
%Change
2010-2014
  Total Housing Units 80,904 80,943 81,078 81,246 81,483 81,955 1,012 1.25

5.2. General Housing Characteristics
Updated Annually. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Housing Units: Units in Structure 81,188 81,968 780 0.96
  1-unit, detached 62,582 64,543 1,961 3.13
  1-unit, attached 2,485 3,455 970 39.03
  2 units 999 987 -12 -1.20
  3 or 4 units 1,478 875 -603 -40.80
  5 to 9 units 2,770 1,311 -1,459 -52.67
  10 to 20 units 1,555 1,373 -182 -11.70
  20 or more units 2,243 1,760 -483 -21.53
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Housing Units: Occupancy & Tenure 81,188 81,968 780 0.96
  Occupied Housing Units 56,163 58,898 2,735 4.87
    Owner 43,894 46,216 2,322 5.29
    Renter 12,269 12,682 413 3.37
  Vacant Housing Units 25,025 23,070 -1,955 -7.81
  Homeowner vacancy rate 1.40 2.40 1.00...
  Rental vacancy rate 7.80 9.80 2.00...
Average household size; owner-occ 2.53 2.50 -0.03 -1.19
Average household size; renter-occ 2.59 2.22 -0.37 -14.29
Median Value $ owner occupied 163,100 165,100 2,000 1.23
Median Rent $ renter occupied 804 836 32 3.98

6. Economic Characteristics & Trends go top

6.1. Economic Profile go top
The Economic Profile shows shows derivation and key components of total personal income. Data are organized by place of residence and place of work. The place of residence profile includes estimates of total personal income, population, and per capita personal income. The place of work profile includes estimates of total earnings, total employment and average earnings per job. Updated annually. See related interactive table.

  Item20112012201320142015Change
2011-2015
%Change
2011-2015
Personal income 5,291,972 5,627,188 5,867,691 6,310,840 6,544,200 1,252,228 23.7
  Net earnings 1/ 2,966,405 3,183,221 3,302,158 3,519,649 3,640,030 673,625 22.7
  Personal current transfer receipts 1,195,886 1,203,829 1,245,103 1,299,317 1,378,436 182,550 15.3
    Income maintenance 2/ 97,639 95,475 90,188 87,378 84,426 -13,213 -13.5
    Unemployment insurance compensation 56,391 38,880 29,763 15,243 13,458 -42,933 -76.1
    Retirement and other 1,041,856 1,069,474 1,125,152 1,196,696 1,280,552 238,696 22.9
  Dividends, interest, and rent 3/ 1,129,681 1,240,138 1,320,430 1,491,874 1,525,734 396,053 35.1
  Population 4/ 144,380 145,086 146,369 147,563 148,334 3,954 2.7
  Per capita personal income 36,653 38,785 40,088 42,767 44,118 7,465 20.4
  Per capita net earnings 20,546 21,940 22,561 23,852 24,539 3,993 19.4
  Per capita personal current transfer receipts 8,283 8,297 8,507 8,805 9,293 1,010 12.2
    Per capita income maintenance 676 658 616 592 569 -107 -15.8
    Per capita unemployment insurance compensation 391 268 203 103 91 -300 -76.7
    Per capita retirement and other 7,216 7,371 7,687 8,110 8,633 1,417 19.6
  Per capita dividends, interest, and rent 7,824 8,548 9,021 10,110 10,286 2,462 31.5
  Earnings by place of work 3,384,559 3,620,999 3,806,910 4,056,542 4,194,118 809,559 23.9
    Wages and salaries 2,270,154 2,343,629 2,436,279 2,592,436 2,732,945 462,791 20.4
    Supplements to wages and salaries 620,841 623,039 626,941 639,373 664,271 43,430 7.0
      Employer cont. for empl. pension & insur. funds 6/ 437,356 431,798 429,173 432,642 451,370 14,014 3.2
      Employer cont. for government social insurance 183,485 191,241 197,768 206,731 212,901 29,416 16.0
    Proprietors' income 493,564 654,331 743,690 824,733 796,902 303,338 61.5
      Nonfarm proprietors' income 27,110 -4,797 12,907 3,742 8,260 -18,850 -69.5
      Farm proprietors' income 466,454 659,128 730,783 820,991 788,642 322,188 69.1
Total full-time and part-time employment 87,981 89,115 91,301 93,661 95,676 7,695 8.7
  Wage and salary jobs 61,486 62,132 63,690 65,607 66,874 5,388 8.8
  Number of proprietors 26,495 26,983 27,611 28,054 28,802 2,307 8.7
    Number of nonfarm proprietors 7/ 1,183 1,168 1,193 1,200 1,197 14 1.2
    Number of farm proprietors 25,312 25,815 26,418 26,854 27,605 2,293 9.1
Average earnings per job (dollars) 38,469 40,633 41,696 43,311 43,837 5,368 14.0
  Average wages and salaries 36,921 37,720 38,252 39,515 40,867 3,946 10.7
  Average nonfarm proprietors' income 18,428 25,533 27,662 30,572 28,569 10,141 55.0
Dollar items are in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation). Per capita items in dollars; other dollar items in thousands of dollars.
See related notes.

6.2. Cost of Living Indexes   go top
Updated periodically. Available in subscription edition.

6.3. Cost of Doing Business Indexes   go top
Updated periodically. Available in subscription edition.

6.4. Consumer Price Index   go top
Updated monthly. Available in subscription edition.

6.5. Gross Domestic Product by Sector   go top
Updated quarterly, annually. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table. Additional detail in subscription edition.

6.6. Establishments, Employment & Earnings by Detailed Type of Business go top
Updated quarterly. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.

Use the following links to access detailed establishment and employment data by type of business (CSV files).
  .. see notes on using these files.
  2013Q1 .. 2013Q2 .. 2013Q3 .. 2013Q4 .|. 2014Q1 .. 2014Q2 .. 2014Q3 .. 2014Q4 .|. 2015Q1 .. 2015Q2 .. 2015Q3 .. 2015Q4 .. 2016Q1 .. 2016Q2
 
6.7. Labor Market Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly. Available in subscription edition.
For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
Table shows 13 most recent months.
  ItemAug15Sep15Oct15Nov15Dec15Jan16Feb16Mar16Apr16May16Jun16Jul16Aug16
Unemplymnt Rate 5.0 4.6 4.4 5.1 5.9 7.6 8.4 8.4 6.6 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.6
Unemployment 451 399 377 440 514 663 739 735 576 470 471 467 417
Employment 8,632 8,340 8,233 8,180 8,172 8,036 8,047 8,009 8,103 8,474 8,707 8,808 8,710
Labor Force9,0838,7398,6108,6208,6868,6998,7868,7448,6798,9449,1789,2759,127

7. Education Infrastructure   go top

7.1. Component School District Characteristics   go top
Districts in this metro. Updated periodically. See related School District interactive table.
District NameCity Name District
Code
Locale
Code
CountyState2012-13
Enrollment
2013 Total
Population
Grade Relevant
Pop Ages 5-17
Benzie County Central SchoolsBenzonia 26049504326019MI 1,616 14,037 2,222
Excelsior Township S/D #1Kalkaska 26136804226079MI 45 335 58
Forest Area Community SchoolsFife Lake 26145704226079MI 614 6,082 882
Frankfort-Elberta Area SchoolsFrankfort 26147904326019MI 529 3,562 414
Glen Lake Community SchoolsMaple City 26160204326089MI 775 5,365 719
Kalkaska Public SchoolsKalkaska 26200503326079MI 1,597 12,456 1,930
Kingsley Area SchoolsKingsley 26203804226055MI 1,412 7,701 1,620
Leland Public School DistrictLeland 26213904226089MI 409 3,344 429
Northport Public School DistrictNorthport 26259204326089MI 163 2,004 187
Suttons Bay Public SchoolsSuttons Bay 26333604226089MI 731 5,862 868
Traverse City Area Public SchoolsTraverse City 26338704126055MI 9,786 82,223 12,769

Number of districts: 11 ... Total enrollment: 17,677
All school districts interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All school districts enrollment & adminstratively reported data interactive table.

7.2. Component Higher Education Institution Characteristics   go top
2014-15 School Year. Extended detail Available in subscription edition.
  Institution City Name Code LevelTotal UG EnrollmentFulltime UG EnrollmentTotal Grad EnrollmentFulltime Grad Enrollment
Northwestern Michigan College Traverse City, MI1714835 4,502 1,798 0 0

  Number of institutions: 1 ... Total undergraduate enrollment: 4,502
  Levels: 3-Assoc degree, 4-at least 2, but < 4 years, 5-Bach degree, 6-Postbacc cert, 7 Masters degree, 8 Post-masters cert, 9 Doctors degree

8. GeoPolitics   go top
Updated periodically. Voting patterns, citizen voting age population, state legislative districts, congressional districts .. in this metro.
Available in subscription edition.

Notes
  • All data are for current vintage county and metro definition.
  • Developed by ProximityOne -- Metro Reports (888-364-7656)
  • Data sources: ProximityOne, Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Housing Finance Agency,
    National Center for Education Statistics.

Updates go top
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  • Overview lead narrative; quarterly & annual/March.
  • Housing Price Index (section 5.4) quarterly.
  • Establishments, employment & earnings (section 6.6) quarterly.
  • Economic profile and personal income (section 6.1) annual/November.
  • Labor market situation (section 6.7) monthly.
  • Residential construction; units authorized & value (section 5.3.) monthly.
  • Population by county; annual series 2010-2016 (section 4.2.) annual/July.
  • Population by county; links for individual counties (section 4.2.) annual/July.
      -- includes annual data 2010-2016.
      -- includes components of change; race/origin; single year of age; age group summaries.
  • Total population and components of change; annual/March.
  • Census tracts overview section; annual/December.
  • General Demographics section updated/extended; annual/December.
  • Gross Domestic Product section; annual/September.
  • Higher education institutions; annual/February.
  • Metro & county demographic component detailed annual estimates; annual/March.
  • School districts in metro & K-12 enrollment; annual/August.
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Terms of Use go top
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Related Resources go top
  • Metros main page
  • Current estimates and projections: states to 2030, counties & metros to 2020 by age, counties & states to 2060.
  • Making Custom Metropolitan Area Maps
  • Rental Market Conditions by Metropolitan Area
  • Metro Gross Domestic Product
  • Housing Price Index
  • Establishments, Employment & Earnings
  • Regional Economic Information System
  • ACS 2014 1-year General Demographics ... Social Characteristics ... Economic Characteristics ... Housing Characteristics

Using this Document go top
The Situation & Outlook Report, a component of the Situation & Outlook, is a core ProximityOne information resource providing insights into characteristics and trends of counties, metropolitan areas, states and the U.S. The Report also provides a gateway to drill-down demographic, economic and business data for smaller geographic areas.

Metropolitan areas include approximately 94 percent of the U.S. population -- 85 percent in metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and 9 percent in micropolitan statistical areas (MISAs).

About Metropolitan Areas & Principal Cities -- scroll section go top
Metropolitan Areas are designated by OMB ("Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas") based mainly on Census Bureau-sourced data. Metropolitan areas are defined as Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (MISA). MSAs and MISAs are also referred to a Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs). Contiguous CBSAs are defined as Combined Statistical Areas (CSA).

By definition, metropolitan areas are comprised of one or more contiguous counties. Metropolitan areas are not single cities and typically include many cities. Metropolitan areas are comprised of urban and rural areas and often have large expanses of rural territory. A business and demographic-economic synergy exists within each metro; metros often interact with adjacent metros. The demographic-economic make-up of metros vary widely and change often. See more about metros.

Principal Cities. The largest city in each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area is designated a "principal city." Principal cities are designated by OMB based on Census-sourced data. Additional cities qualify as principal cities if specified requirements are met concerning population size and employment. The title of each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area consists of the names of up to three of its principal cities and the name of each state into which the metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area extends. Titles of metropolitan divisions also typically are based on principal city names but in certain cases consist of county names.

One or more principal cities are designated within each Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and Micropolitan Statistical Area (MISA). The term "principal city" is defined in the OMB "Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas." A principal city is an OMB designation applied to one or more incorporated places and/or census designated places (CDPs). The OMB standards designate a Principal City (or Cities) of a Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) as determined by:
  a) The largest incorporated place with a 2010 Census population of at least 10,000 in the CBSA or,
        if no incorporated place of at least 10,000 population is present in the CBSA,
        the largest incorporated place or census designated place in the CBSA; and
  b) Additional places with 2010 Census population of at least 250,000 or in which 100,000 or more persons work; and
  c) Additional places with 2010 Census population of 50,000-250,000,
        and number of workers working in the place meets or exceeds the number of workers living in the place; and
  d) Additional places with 2010 Census population of 10,000-50,000, and at least one-third the population size of the largest place,
        and in which the number of workers working in the place meets or exceeds the number of workers living in the place.

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