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East Lansing city, Ingham County, MI

42,757 Population
10 square miles 4,265.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ingham County: 33 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,303 ±$3,277 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ingham County: $36,077 ±$736
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $37,929 ±$155
$42,027 ±$4,275 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ingham County: $62,548 ±$1,854
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $68,505 ±$307

35.8% ±3.2% (10,046  ±919) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Ingham County: 16.5% 43,825 (±0.9% / ±2,326)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,293,164 (±0.1% / ±13,321)

15.4 minutes ±0.6 (258,595  ±16,446) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ingham County: 20.4 2,454,510 (±0.3 / ±55,534)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 101,384,610 (±0.1 / ±438,980)

Families

12,813 ±542 Number of households
  • Ingham County: 115,648 ±742
  • Michigan: 4,009,253 ±7,688
2.2 ±0.1 (27,976  ±551) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ingham County: 2.3 265,430 (±0 / ±539)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,840,766

0.7% ±0.4% (127  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ingham County: 4.2% † 3,186 (±0.6% / ±445)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 116,868 (±0.1% / ±2,789)

Housing

14,621 ±491 Number of housing units
  • Ingham County: 125,391 ±245
  • Michigan: 4,580,447 ±658

$230,200 ±$10,022 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ingham County: $173,600 ±$3,410
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $201,100 ±$796

45.3% ±2.8% (19,299  ±1,172.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ingham County: 20.5% 57,294 (±0.9% / ±2,546.2)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 12.2% 1,212,435 (±0.1% / ±12,907.9)

Social

98.5% ±3.7% (13,006  ±,882.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ingham County: 93.6% 162,945 (±1.6% / ±2,856.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,366,037 (±0.3% / ±17,580.6)
67.9% ±3.2% (8,970  ±,657.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ingham County: 40.6% 70,763 (±1% / ±1,793.2)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 31.1% 2,160,351 (±0.1% / ±10,020.5)

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

11% ±1.8% (4,689  ±758) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ingham County: 9.4% 26,683
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 694,860

2% ±0.7% (781  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ingham County: 5% 11,338 (±0.3% / ±699)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 6.3% 498,788 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
781 Total veterans ±271 704 Male ±259 77 Female ±54

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