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Sparta township, Kent County, MI

9,437 Population
36.4 square miles 259.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kent County: 35.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,748 ±$5,543 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $41,504 ±$509
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$75,630 ±$7,983 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kent County: $80,390 ±$1,068
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

7.4% ±2.4% (697  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kent County: 10.6% 68,503 (±0.6% / ±3,536)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

24.5 minutes ±3.2 (98,545  ±8,513) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 21.2 6,236,100 (±0.3 / ±113,675)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

3,427 ±224 Number of households
  • Kent County: 254,860 ±920
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.7 ±0.2 (9,313  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 2.5 647,179 (±0 / ±251)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

1% ±1.2% (23  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kent County: 5.3% 8,587 (±0.5% / ±740)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

3,570 ±242 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 267,071 ±149
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$222,300 ±$16,038 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kent County: $265,700 ±$3,150
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

8.8% ±2.8% (832  ±266.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kent County: 12.8% 83,653 (±0.6% / ±3,721.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

91.9% ±7.3% (5,807  ±537.3) 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)
27% ±4.5% (1,705  ±293.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kent County: 39.6% 174,824 (±0.7% / ±3,025.7)
  • about 80 percent of 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

2.1% ±1.1% (201  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kent County: 8.6% 56,807
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

4.4% ±1.3% (321  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 5.2% 26,119 (±0.2% / ±1,185)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
321 Total veterans ±92 272 Male ±85 49 Female ±42

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