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Grand Rapids, MI Urban Area

622,168 Population
274.4 square miles 2,267.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,490 ±$1,331 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,910 ±$2,683 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.4% ±1.2% (57,807  ±7,395) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.4 minutes ±0.6 (5,828,735  ±238,349) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

241,301 ±3,674 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (611,125  ±8,426) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±1.1% (8,627  ±1,738) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

250,697 ±2,865 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$322,700 ±$6,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.5% ±1.4% (70,458  ±8,404.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.6% ±2.3% (388,562  ±10,404.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.1% ±1.6% (180,657  ±6,827.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.3% ±0.7% (57,849  ±4,148) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.1% ±0.5% (19,677  ±2,159) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
19,677 Total veterans ±2,159 17,935 Male ±2,031 1,742 Female ±863

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