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Walker city, Kent County, MI

25,201 Population
24.6 square miles 1,025.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 35.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,081 ±$1,913 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $41,504 ±$509
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$73,835 ±$4,139 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $80,390 ±$1,068
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

7.7% ±2% (1,917  ±488) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kent County: 10.6% 68,503 (±0.6% / ±3,536)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

19.1 minutes ±0.9 (234,340  ±17,126) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kent County: 21.2 6,236,100 (±0.3 / ±113,675)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

10,329 ±440 Number of households
  • Kent County: 254,860 ±920
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.1 (24,922  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 2.5 647,179 (±0 / ±251)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.2% ±3% (297  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 5.3% 8,587 (±0.5% / ±740)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

10,634 ±437 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 267,071 ±149
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$266,400 ±$10,926 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Kent County: $265,700 ±$3,150
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

10.2% ±2% (2,526  ±500.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 12.8% 83,653 (±0.6% / ±3,721.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96.2% ±5% (16,885  ±1,053.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kent County: 92.3% 407,080 (±1.1% / ±4,798.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
36.5% ±3.5% (6,412  ±643.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kent County: 39.6% 174,824 (±0.7% / ±3,025.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

5.8% ±1.8% (1,458  ±441) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kent County: 8.6% 56,807
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.6% ±2% (1,500  ±392) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kent County: 5.2% 26,119 (±0.2% / ±1,185)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
1,500 Total veterans ±392 1,287 Male ±364 213 Female ±226

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