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Lansing, MI

113,466 Population
39.2 square miles 2,895.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$30,350 ±$2,179 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $38,935 ±$1,252
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
$55,366 ±$5,537 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $72,010 ±$1,882
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567

22.6% ±4.2% (25,551  ±4,733) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 14.5% † 66,182 (±1.5% / ±6,622)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)

18.9 minutes ±0.6 (898,770  ±40,784) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 21.6 4,159,285 (±0.3 / ±81,335)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

50,209 ±2,261 Number of households
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 197,873 ±2,227
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
2.2 ±0.1 (112,101  ±1,227) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 2.3 456,066 (±0 / ±860)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923

5.2% ±2.5% (1,521  ±738) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 3.6% † 4,344 (±0.8% / ±1,000)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)

Housing

54,614 ±2,095 Number of housing units
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 208,755 ±382
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252

$142,800 ±$8,525 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $237,100 ±$5,790
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616

15.8% ±3.2% (17,771  ±3,595.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 13.9% † 66,255 (±1.4% / ±6,616.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)

Social

87.9% ±4.8% (67,266  ±4,389) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 93.6% 292,636 (±2.4% / ±7,615.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
29.9% ±3.1% (22,854  ±2,499) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 38.4% 120,091 (±1.5% / ±4,809.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 33.3% 2,366,945 (±0.3% / ±23,456.2)

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

14.2% ±3.2% (16,162  ±3,635) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 8% 38,572
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787

4.3% ±1.2% (3,902  ±1,052) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 5.3% 20,405 (±0.5% / ±1,805)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
3,902 Total veterans ±1,052 3,650 Male ±949 252 Female ±215

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