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Gaines charter township, Kent County, MI

29,100 Population
35.7 square miles 815 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 35.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$41,252 ±$2,594 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kent County: $41,504 ±$509
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$80,029 ±$4,269 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kent County: $80,390 ±$1,068
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

6.6% ±2.1% (1,900  ±619) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 10.6% 68,503 (±0.6% / ±3,536)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

20.5 minutes ±1.6 (284,725  ±26,142) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 21.2 6,236,100 (±0.3 / ±113,675)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

11,186 ±417 Number of households
  • Kent County: 254,860 ±920
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.6 ±0.1 (28,768  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 2.5 647,179 (±0 / ±251)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.5% ±2.7% (305  ±185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 5.3% 8,587 (±0.5% / ±740)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

11,516 ±400 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 267,071 ±149
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$296,000 ±$20,292 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kent County: $265,700 ±$3,150
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

10.2% ±2.1% (2,946  ±615.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 12.8% 83,653 (±0.6% / ±3,721.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93% ±5.1% (18,224  ±1,146.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 92.3% 407,080 (±1.1% / ±4,798.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
33.1% ±3% (6,498  ±630.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 39.6% 174,824 (±0.7% / ±3,025.7)
  • a little higher than 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

12.3% ±2.4% (3,585  ±698) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kent County: 8.6% 56,807
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5.4% ±1.3% (1,170  ±280) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Kent County: 5.2% 26,119 (±0.2% / ±1,185)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
1,170 Total veterans ±280 1,038 Male ±254 132 Female ±102

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