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Big Rapids, MI

7,847 Population
4.4 square miles 1,765.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 40.6 ±0.5
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$20,904 ±$1,977 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: $28,744 ±$873
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$40,197 ±$6,252 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: $57,774 ±$2,199
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

35.4% ±4.6% (2,058  ±267) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 19.2% 7,296 (±1.7% / ±638)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

15.1 minutes ±1.8 (54,515  ±7,962) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 23.9 371,030 (±0.9 / ±17,543)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

2,796 ±172 Number of households
  • the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 16,312 ±309
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.1 ±0.1 (5,780  ±76) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 2.3 38,067 (±0 / ±67)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

1.9% ±2.2% (45  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 6% † 537 (±1.5% / ±131)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

3,347 ±199 Number of housing units
  • the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 21,045 ±54
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$134,200 ±$24,107 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: $169,900 ±$6,591
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

39.1% ±5.5% (3,052  ±430) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 16.9% 6,739 (±1.6% / ±631.3)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

92.8% ±7.2% (2,989  ±326.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 91.7% 24,566 (±2.7% / ±743.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
28.3% ±4.9% (912  ±171.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 22.7% 6,085 (±1.4% / ±378.5)
  • about 90 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

1.1% ±0.7% (86  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 1.7% 676
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

3.5% ±1.1% (241  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Big Rapids, MI Micro Area: 7.5% 2,425 (±0.7% / ±224)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
241 Total veterans ±74 236 Male ±73 5 Female ±9

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