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Plainfield charter township, Kent County, MI

34,040 Population
35 square miles 972.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,511 ±$3,122 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kent County: $42,992 ±$653
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,218 ±$7,315 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kent County: $82,631 ±$1,165
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±2.3% (2,213  ±777) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kent County: 10.1% 65,616 (±0.5% / ±2,990)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.2 minutes ±0.3 (302,650  ±18,839) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 21 6,145,660 (±0.3 / ±102,905)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,186 ±399 Number of households
  • Kent County: 256,648 ±994
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (34,001  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 2.5 651,336 (±0 / ±235)
  • about 10 percent 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

4.5% ±1.7% (313  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 5.3% 8,640 (±0.5% / ±834)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,528 ±431 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 269,136 ±174
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$326,900 ±$12,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kent County: $289,900 ±$2,942
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±1.4% (2,337  ±477.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 12.1% 79,557 (±0.5% / ±3,492.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±3.3% (22,604  ±1,091.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kent County: 92.3% 411,338 (±1.2% / ±5,193.9)
  • a little higher than 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)
41.2% ±2.4% (9,774  ±652) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 40.8% 181,855 (±0.7% / ±3,238.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3% ±0.8% (1,015  ±284) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Kent County: 8.9% 59,120
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1.3% (1,404  ±335) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 4.9% 24,879 (±0.3% / ±1,355)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,404 Total veterans ±335 1,312 Male ±336 92 Female ±54

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