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Nelson township, Kent County, MI

4,940 Population
35.3 square miles 139.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 35.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,105 ±$7,394 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $42,992 ±$653
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,735 ±$10,423 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kent County: $82,631 ±$1,165
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.7% ±4.9% (477  ±242) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 10.1% 65,616 (±0.5% / ±2,990)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±3.3 (56,590  ±10,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kent County: 21 6,145,660 (±0.3 / ±102,905)
  • 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

1,968 ±210 Number of households
  • Kent County: 256,648 ±994
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (4,921  ±42) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 2.5 651,336 (±0 / ±235)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±2.8% (26  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 5.3% 8,640 (±0.5% / ±834)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,038 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 269,136 ±174
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$253,300 ±$30,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $289,900 ±$2,942
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±7% (406  ±341.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kent County: 12.1% 79,557 (±0.5% / ±3,492.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±9.8% (3,294  ±431.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 92.3% 411,338 (±1.2% / ±5,193.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23% ±5.8% (810  ±213.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 40.8% 181,855 (±0.7% / ±3,238.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about two-thirds of 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

2% ±1.8% (101  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kent County: 8.9% 59,120
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.3% ±5% (487  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Kent County: 4.9% 24,879 (±0.3% / ±1,355)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
487 Total veterans ±198 464 Male ±193 23 Female ±35

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