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Grand Rapids Public Schools, MI

196,005 Population
42.1 square miles 4,657.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kent County: 36.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,376 ±$1,976 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kent County: $43,418 ±$1,336
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,501 ±$3,649 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $80,685 ±$1,733
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.3% ±3% (28,993  ±5,635) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kent County: 8.9% † 58,733 (±1.1% / ±7,377)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.3 minutes ±0.6 (1,799,575  ±107,912) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kent County: 21.5 6,594,075 (±0.6 / ±236,236)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 103,755,816 (±0.2 / ±1,091,458)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

78,364 ±2,726 Number of households
  • Kent County: 260,646 ±2,656
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (189,148  ±1,298) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 2.5 661,263 (±0 / ±278)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5% ±1.8% (2,823  ±1,032) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kent County: 5.4% † 9,060 (±1.2% / ±1,976)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

82,694 ±2,978 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 273,049 ±146
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$285,700 ±$9,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $325,400 ±$7,040
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.1% ±2.8% (33,165  ±5,382.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kent County: 11.8% † 78,491 (±1.4% / ±9,343.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.4% ±3.7% (120,510  ±6,050.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 92.7% 422,444 (±2.3% / ±10,668.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.1% ±2.7% (57,513  ±3,896.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 42.3% 192,607 (±1.5% / ±7,037)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 33.3% 2,366,945 (±0.3% / ±23,456.2)
  • 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

9.1% ±1.5% (17,854  ±2,966) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Kent County: 8.8% 59,080
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±1% (5,785  ±1,523) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 4.6% † 23,794 (±0.5% / ±2,524)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,785 Total veterans ±1,523 5,359 Male ±1,414 426 Female ±327

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