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Population (year 2000): 1,926. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,905 (-1.1% change)
Males: 910 (47.2%), Females: 1,016 (52.8%)
Ogemaw County
Zip code:
48661
Median resident age: 34.7 years
Median household income: $30,132 (year 2000)
Median house value: $67,200 (year 2000)
Races in West Branch:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.5%)
- American Indian (1.7%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- Other Asian (1.4%)
- Hispanic (0.7%)
- Asian Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (33.3%), English (12.7%),
Irish (8.7%), French (8.0%), United States (5.2%), Polish
(4.6%).
Elevation: 959 feet
Land area: 1.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Branch
- High school or higher: 83.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
- Unemployed: 8.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Branch city
- Never married: 28.7%
- Now married: 44.2%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 10.0%
- Divorced: 14.6%
1.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +39 (+2.1%).
Hospital/medical center in West Branch:
- WEST BRANCH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (2463
SOUTH M-30)
Other hospitals/medical centers near West Branch:
- MIDMICHIGAN MEDICAL CENTER-GLADWIN (about 23 miles;
GLADWIN, MI)
- STANDISH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 29 miles;
STANDISH, MI)
- MERCY HOSPITAL (about 39 miles; GRAYLING, MI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Branch:
- MBS INTL (about 54 miles; SAGINAW, MI; ID: MBS)
- OTSEGO COUNTY (about 60 miles; GAYLORD, MI; ID: GLR)
- ALPENA COUNTY REGIONAL (about 73 miles; ALPENA, MI;
ID: APN)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Branch:
- WEST BRANCH COMMUNITY (about 6 miles; WEST BRANCH,
MI; ID: Y31)
- ST HELEN (about 13 miles; ST HELEN, MI; ID: 6Y6)
- LOST CREEK (about 26 miles; LUZERNE, MI; ID: 5Y4)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Branch:
- NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; MIDLAND, MI;
Full-time enrollment: 2,784)
- SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles;
UNIVERSITY CENTER, MI; FT enrollment: 6,216)
- DELTA COLLEGE (about 53 miles; UNIVERSITY CENTER,
MI; FT enrollment: 5,117)
- CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles; MT
PLEASANT, MI; FT enrollment: 21,353)
- KETTERING UNIVERSITY (about 92 miles; FLINT, MI; FT
enrollment: 2,900)
- FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 95 miles; BIG RAPIDS,
MI; FT enrollment: 8,593)
- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT (about 95 miles; FLINT,
MI; FT enrollment: 4,544)
Public high school in West Branch:
- OGEMAW HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 893;
Location: 960 SOUTH M-33; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in West Branch:
- SURLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 733;
Location: 147 STATE STREET; Grades: PK - 04)
- SURLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 608;
Location: 147 STATE STREET; Grades: 05 - 08)
Private primary/middle schools in West Branch:
- ST JOSEPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 197;
Location: 935 W HOUGHTON AVENUE; Grades: KG - 8)
- OGEMAW HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 58;
Location: 3480 W M-76 PO BOX 156; Grades: KG - 7)
Library in West Branch:
- WEST BRANCH DISTRICT LIBRARY (Operating
income: $184,801; Location: 119 NORTH FOURTH STREET;
25,440 books; 1,300 audio materials; 550 video
materials; 72 serial subscriptions)
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