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Lansing city, Ingham County, MI

109,254 Population
33.3 square miles 3,281.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ingham County: 32.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,716 ±$2,261 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ingham County: $35,660 ±$1,330
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,901 ±$5,627 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ingham County: $65,235 ±$4,917
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22.4% ±4.3% (24,332  ±4,662) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ingham County: 18.6% † 50,304 (±2.2% / ±6,002)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.6 minutes ±1.1 (953,245  ±87,617) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ingham County: 20.7 2,681,040 (±0.8 / ±149,314)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 103,755,816 (±0.2 / ±1,091,458)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

48,403 ±2,084 Number of households
  • Ingham County: 118,763 ±2,051
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (107,889  ±110) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ingham County: 2.3 269,453 (±0 / ±883)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.3% ±2.6% (1,479  ±732) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ingham County: 3.1% † 2,454 (±1.1% / ±874)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

52,491 ±1,990 Number of housing units
  • Ingham County: 127,163 ±395
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$144,200 ±$8,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ingham County: $218,300 ±$8,748
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.1% ±3.3% (17,419  ±3,531.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Ingham County: 16.7% † 48,078 (±2.1% / ±5,897)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.5% ±5.1% (65,136  ±4,326) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ingham County: 93.3% 165,237 (±3.6% / ±6,488.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.1% ±3.2% (22,163  ±2,454.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ingham County: 41.4% 73,334 (±2.3% / ±4,159.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 33.3% 2,366,945 (±0.3% / ±23,456.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

14% ±3.3% (15,342  ±3,618) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ingham County: 10.5% 30,594
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.3% ±1.2% (3,751  ±1,066) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Ingham County: 4.5% † 10,467 (±0.7% / ±1,682)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,751 Total veterans ±1,066 3,499 Male ±964 252 Female ±215

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