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Census Tract 27, Kent, MI

3,626 Population
1.8 square miles 2,036.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.8 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Grand Rapids: 32.3 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kent County: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,072 ±$6,504 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grand Rapids: $35,921 ±$708
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kent County: $42,992 ±$653
$77,279 ±$13,908 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Grand Rapids: $69,108 ±$1,869
  • a little less than the amount in Kent County: $82,631 ±$1,165

16.9% ±7.9% (597  ±303) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Grand Rapids: 16.9% 32,498 (±1.2% / ±2,345)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kent County: 10.1% 65,616 (±0.5% / ±2,990)

27.6 minutes ±8.1 (51,645  ±20,151) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Grand Rapids: 19 1,707,690 (±0.2 / ±43,647)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kent County: 21 6,145,660 (±0.3 / ±102,905)

Families

1,348 ±213 Number of households
  • Grand Rapids: 80,222 ±1,115
  • Kent County: 256,648 ±994
2.6 ±0.3 (3,523  ±698) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Grand Rapids: 2.4 191,083 (±0 / ±234)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kent County: 2.5 651,336 (±0 / ±235)

3.1% ±4.9% (44  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Grand Rapids: 5.9% † 3,279 (±0.9% / ±514)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 5.3% 8,640 (±0.5% / ±834)

Housing

1,609 ±190 Number of housing units
  • Grand Rapids: 84,894 ±1,060
  • Kent County: 269,136 ±174

$206,400 ±$13,306 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grand Rapids: $244,500 ±$3,433
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kent County: $289,900 ±$2,942

22.3% ±12.4% (802  ±470) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Grand Rapids: 17.7% 34,577 (±1.3% / ±2,488.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Kent County: 12.1% 79,557 (±0.5% / ±3,492.8)

Social

92% ±5.4% (1,808  ±334.5) 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)
52.8% ±10.3% (1,038  ±272.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Grand Rapids: 41.6% 54,241 (±1.3% / ±1,756.3)
  • about 1.3 times 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

6.8% ±3.7% (248  ±142) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Grand Rapids: 11.1% 21,948 (±0.8% / ±1,647)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kent County: 8.9% 59,120

3.5% ±2.8% (106  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grand Rapids: 4% 6,308 (±0.4% / ±614)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kent County: 4.9% 24,879 (±0.3% / ±1,355)
106 Total veterans ±86 96 Male ±85 10 Female ±17

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