Powers is a village in Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 381 at the 2020 census, The origin of the name "Powers" is uncertain. Several sources claim the village was named after Edward Powers, a civil engineer involved in building the railroad there. <!-- Cryptic statement (what is a "rain maker", and why would someone be "notorious" for being one?): Edward Powers afterwards became notorious as a professed "rain maker".

Geography

Powers is in north-central Menominee County at the junction of U.S. Routes 2 and 41, which meet in the northeast corner of the village. US 2 leads west to Iron Mountain, while US 41 leads south to Menominee, the county seat. The two concurrent highways lead east to Escanaba on Lake Michigan. Powers is bordered to the northeast by the unincorporated community of Spalding.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it recorded as land.

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 422 people, 135 households, and 63 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 141 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.3% White, 0.9% Native American, 0.2% Asian, and 0.5% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.9% of the population.

There were 135 households, of which 22.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.6% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 53.3% were non-families. 48.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.94 and the average family size was 2.90.

The median age in the village was 65.1 years. 11.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.1% were from 25 to 44; 17.1% were from 45 to 64; and 50.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 41.5% male and 58.5% female.

2000 census

As of the census