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Westland city, Wayne County, MI

82,558 Population
20.4 square miles 4,040.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$31,691 ±$2,205 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $33,098 ±$692
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
$55,821 ±$6,869 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $57,281 ±$1,916
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694

15% ±4.8% (12,285  ±3,901) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wayne County: 20.5% 355,646 (±1.1% / ±18,527)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)

25.2 minutes ±0.5 (907,380  ±35,288) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 25 16,213,625 (±0.2 / ±164,883)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

35,723 ±2,367 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 696,332 ±5,214
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
2.3 ±0.2 (81,705  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 2.5 1,733,126 (±0 / ±494)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269

3.2% ±2.1% (542  ±363) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 5.5% † 22,493 (±0.7% / ±2,820)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)

Housing

38,448 ±2,440 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 803,765 ±191
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572

$188,400 ±$14,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Wayne County: $177,300 ±$4,027
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315

15.9% ±4.4% (13,037  ±3,577.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 10.1% 174,556 (±0.8% / ±13,188.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)

Social

87.8% ±4.3% (53,088  ±3,963.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 87.9% 1,050,085 (±1.5% / ±17,391.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
18.8% ±2.6% (11,372  ±1,697.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 27.1% 324,104 (±0.7% / ±8,651.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.7% 2,289,862 (±0.3% / ±21,961.1)

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

8.6% ±2.4% (7,085  ±1,963) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 10.7% 186,546
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552

5.3% ±1.3% (3,623  ±859) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 4.5% 60,217 (±0.3% / ±4,115)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
3,623 Total veterans ±859 3,481 Male ±832 142 Female ±167

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