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Census Tract 17, Kent, MI

4,247 Population
1.4 square miles 3,109.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Grand Rapids: 32.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,015 ±$6,761 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Grand Rapids: $35,921 ±$708
  • about the same as the amount in Kent County: $42,992 ±$653
$84,125 ±$25,515 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Grand Rapids: $69,108 ±$1,869
  • about the same as the amount in Kent County: $82,631 ±$1,165

14.8% ±13.1% (608  ±549) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grand Rapids: 16.9% 32,498 (±1.2% / ±2,345)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kent County: 10.1% 65,616 (±0.5% / ±2,990)

24.1 minutes ±5.4 (38,025  ±12,222) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Grand Rapids: 19 1,707,690 (±0.2 / ±43,647)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 21 6,145,660 (±0.3 / ±102,905)

Families

1,862 ±233 Number of households
  • Grand Rapids: 80,222 ±1,115
  • Kent County: 256,648 ±994
2.2 ±0.3 (4,099  ±718) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grand Rapids: 2.4 191,083 (±0 / ±234)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kent County: 2.5 651,336 (±0 / ±235)

9% ±7.3% (70  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grand Rapids: 5.9% † 3,279 (±0.9% / ±514)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kent County: 5.3% 8,640 (±0.5% / ±834)

Housing

1,960 ±166 Number of housing units
  • Grand Rapids: 84,894 ±1,060
  • Kent County: 269,136 ±174

$271,900 ±$11,753 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Grand Rapids: $244,500 ±$3,433
  • a little less than the amount in Kent County: $289,900 ±$2,942

5.9% ±3.1% (249  ±136.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Grand Rapids: 17.7% 34,577 (±1.3% / ±2,488.8)
  • about half the rate in Kent County: 12.1% 79,557 (±0.5% / ±3,492.8)

Social

91.9% ±6% (3,091  ±426.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Grand Rapids: 89.5% 116,617 (±1.8% / ±2,761.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 92.3% 411,338 (±1.2% / ±5,193.9)
48.1% ±6.7% (1,617  ±299.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Grand Rapids: 41.6% 54,241 (±1.3% / ±1,756.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 40.8% 181,855 (±0.7% / ±3,238.4)

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

8.6% ±5.3% (366  ±234) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Grand Rapids: 11.1% 21,948 (±0.8% / ±1,647)
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 8.9% 59,120

5.9% ±2.4% (201  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grand Rapids: 4% 6,308 (±0.4% / ±614)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 4.9% 24,879 (±0.3% / ±1,355)
201 Total veterans ±85 201 Male ±85 N/A Female ±11

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