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Grand Rapids Public Schools, MI

192,283 Population
42.1 square miles 4,568.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kent County: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$35,538 ±$1,686 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kent County: $42,410 ±$1,653
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
$70,231 ±$5,481 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $79,756 ±$2,866
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694

18.5% ±2.8% (34,469  ±5,168) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Kent County: 10.3% † 67,004 (±1.1% / ±7,286)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)

19.8 minutes ±1.2 (1,815,060  ±142,385) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 20.9 6,355,830 (±0.6 / ±235,444)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 102,049,984 (±0.2 / ±869,478)

Families

78,244 ±3,227 Number of households
  • Kent County: 257,898 ±2,838
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
2.4 ±0.1 (185,510  ±1,574) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 2.5 649,746 (±0 / ±645)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269

6% ±2.4% (3,256  ±1,303) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 4.7% † 7,695 (±1.1% / ±1,823)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)

Housing

83,256 ±3,057 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 271,006 ±270
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572

$260,800 ±$7,797 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $297,400 ±$5,473
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315

18.2% ±2.7% (34,412  ±5,121.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kent County: 12.6% † 82,066 (±1.4% / ±8,933.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)

Social

89.3% ±3.5% (112,469  ±5,389.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 92% 410,483 (±2.3% / ±10,190.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
41.2% ±2.4% (51,847  ±3,355.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 42% 187,524 (±1.5% / ±6,495.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

10.7% ±1.9% (20,566  ±3,725) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 8.9% 58,906
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552

3.9% ±0.8% (6,067  ±1,196) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kent County: 4.3% 21,995 (±0.4% / ±2,068)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
6,067 Total veterans ±1,196 5,771 Male ±1,141 296 Female ±233

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