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Population (year 2000): 899. Estimated
population in July 2005: 852 (-5.2% change)
Males: 448 (49.8%), Females: 451 (50.2%)
Kalamazoo County
Zip code:
49012
Median resident age: 35.8 years
Median household income: $44,375 (year 2000)
Median house value: $84,800 (year 2000)
Races in Augusta:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.4%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- American Indian (1.8%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- Black (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (21.1%), Irish (19.9%),
English (19.2%), French (10.2%), Dutch (9.6%), United States
(8.0%).
Elevation: 800 feet
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Augusta
- High school or higher: 90.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.4%
- Unemployed: 2.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Augusta village
- Never married: 21.1%
- Now married: 59.0%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 6.5%
- Divorced: 12.4%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -33 (-3.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Augusta:
- BATTLE CREEK HEALTH SYSTEM (about 5 miles; BATTLE
CREEK, MI)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-BATTLE CREEK (about 5
miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI)
- SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN REHAB HOSP (about 11 miles;
BATTLE CREEK, MI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Augusta:
- W K KELLOGG (about 8 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; ID:
BTL)
- KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL (about 16
miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; ID: AZO)
- GERALD R. FORD INTERNATIONAL (about 39 miles; GRAND
RAPIDS, MI; ID: GRR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Augusta:
- TRIPLE H (about 14 miles; PARCHMENT, MI; ID: 2H4)
- DAVID'S (about 22 miles; ATHENS, MI; ID: 9C2)
- PLAINWELL MUNICIPAL (about 22 miles; PLAINWELL, MI;
ID: 61D)
Amtrak stations near Augusta:
- 12 miles: BATTLE CREEK (104 CAPITAL AVE. SW).
Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, vending machines, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, taxi stand, intercity
bus service, public transit connection.
- 17 miles: KALAMAZOO (459 N. BURDICK ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking,
call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus
service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Augusta:
- KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 11 miles; BATTLE
CREEK, MI; Full-time enrollment: 2,824)
- WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles;
KALAMAZOO, MI; FT enrollment: 23,132)
- KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles;
KALAMAZOO, MI; FT enrollment: 5,017)
- CALVIN COLLEGE (about 43 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT
enrollment: 4,148)
- AQUINAS COLLEGE (about 46 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI;
FT enrollment: 2,022)
- GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 7,590)
- SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; SPRING
ARBOR, MI; FT enrollment: 2,266)
Public primary/middle schools in Augusta:
- GALESBURG-AUGUSTA MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students:
300; Location: 750 W. VAN BUREN STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- GALESBURG-AUGUSTA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
(Students: 176; Location: 600 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE;
Grades: 04 - 05)
Library in Augusta:
- AUGUSTA-ROSS TOWNSHIP DISTRICT LIBRARY
(Operating income: $108,207; Location: 105 SOUTH WEBSTER
STREET; 34,963 books; 1,250 audio materials; 1,293 video
materials; 60 serial subscriptions)
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