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East Lansing city, Ingham County, MI

42,754 Population
10 square miles 4,265.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ingham County: 33.3 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,039 ±$3,199 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ingham County: $37,347 ±$808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$41,948 ±$3,540 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ingham County: $64,354 ±$1,478
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

35.9% ±3.2% (9,946  ±892) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Ingham County: 16.4% 43,352 (±0.9% / ±2,478)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

16.3 minutes ±0.6 (259,430  ±18,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ingham County: 20.7 2,414,760 (±0.4 / ±67,192)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

12,832 ±584 Number of households
  • Ingham County: 116,566 ±792
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.2 ±0.1 (27,609  ±434) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ingham County: 2.3 264,485 (±0 / ±431)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

0.6% ±0.3% (106  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ingham County: 3.7% † 2,785 (±0.6% / ±436)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

14,525 ±530 Number of housing units
  • Ingham County: 125,812 ±208
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$241,000 ±$10,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ingham County: $187,500 ±$3,793
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

44.5% ±3% (18,980  ±1,266.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ingham County: 19.3% 53,974 (±0.9% / ±2,372.7)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

98.4% ±4.3% (12,707  ±869.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ingham County: 93.5% 163,545 (±1.6% / ±2,804)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
67.2% ±3.7% (8,672  ±662.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ingham County: 41.3% 72,158 (±1.1% / ±1,861.4)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.6% ±1.6% (4,510  ±675) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ingham County: 9.3% 26,264
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

1.9% ±0.6% (724  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ingham County: 4.9% 11,013 (±0.3% / ±658)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
724 Total veterans ±235 654 Male ±235 70 Female ±41

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