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Plainwell Community Schools, MI

15,621 Population
66.2 square miles 236.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Allegan County: 40.8 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,715 ±$2,397 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Allegan County: $37,565 ±$1,070
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$82,257 ±$8,136 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Allegan County: $80,255 ±$2,217
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

9.6% ±3.4% (1,490  ±524) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Allegan County: 9.3% † 11,186 (±1% / ±1,147)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

22.7 minutes ±1.5 (153,030  ±15,618) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Allegan County: 23.9 1,234,470 (±0.7 / ±43,462)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

5,863 ±325 Number of households
  • Allegan County: 44,984 ±524
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.6 ±0.2 (15,401  ±755) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Allegan County: 2.7 119,677 (±0 / ±34)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.2% ±2.3% (171  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Allegan County: 5.4% † 1,379 (±1% / ±246)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

6,145 ±352 Number of housing units
  • Allegan County: 52,262 ±89
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$238,500 ±$13,392 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Allegan County: $247,000 ±$4,888
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

7.9% ±2.5% (1,219  ±385.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Allegan County: 8.2% † 9,748 (±1% / ±1,247.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96.1% ±4.6% (10,520  ±737) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Allegan County: 92.1% 76,640 (±2.1% / ±1,750.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
29.6% ±3.6% (3,241  ±424.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Allegan County: 26.1% 21,702 (±1.1% / ±925.9)
  • 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

1.3% ±0.6% (202  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Allegan County: 3.3% 3,952
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5.2% ±1.4% (614  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Allegan County: 5.2% † 4,819 (±0.6% / ±537)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
614 Total veterans ±174 556 Male ±160 58 Female ±57

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