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Belding city, Ionia County, MI

5,960 Population
4.7 square miles 1,261.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ionia County: 39.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,902 ±$2,038 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ionia County: $33,289 ±$1,668
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,373 ±$6,214 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ionia County: $75,611 ±$2,186
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.5% ±3.8% (893  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ionia County: 10.6% † 6,693 (±1.2% / ±756)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.8 minutes ±2.5 (78,275  ±10,020) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ionia County: 27.1 752,880 (±0.9 / ±34,861)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,157 ±155 Number of households
  • Ionia County: 23,355 ±286
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (5,841  ±28) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ionia County: 2.7 63,183 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±2.3% (63  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ionia County: 5.3% † 746 (±1.4% / ±192)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,294 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Ionia County: 24,861 ±68
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,800 ±$10,758 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ionia County: $198,500 ±$7,622
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.2% ±2.3% (367  ±133.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Ionia County: 12.7% † 8,367 (±1.5% / ±1,016.9)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±8.2% (3,653  ±390.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ionia County: 91% 42,485 (±2.6% / ±1,252.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.8% ±4% (693  ±170.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ionia County: 18.5% 8,659 (±1.2% / ±575.1)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.7% ±1.5% (104  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ionia County: 1.4% 918
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.2% (279  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Ionia County: 6.5% † 3,406 (±0.7% / ±390)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
279 Total veterans ±101 247 Male ±96 32 Female ±30

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