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Census Tract 38, Kent, MI

4,858 Population
0.5 square miles 9,477.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.2 ±3 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

$18,435 ±$4,111 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Grand Rapids: $35,921 ±$708
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kent County: $42,992 ±$653
$53,750 ±$16,176 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grand Rapids: $69,108 ±$1,869
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kent County: $82,631 ±$1,165

38.8% ±18.3% (1,857  ±926) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Grand Rapids: 16.9% 32,498 (±1.2% / ±2,345)
  • more than double the rate in Kent County: 10.1% 65,616 (±0.5% / ±2,990)

26.1 minutes ±6 (53,630  ±16,629) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Grand Rapids: 19 1,707,690 (±0.2 / ±43,647)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 21 6,145,660 (±0.3 / ±102,905)

Families

1,200 ±200 Number of households
  • Grand Rapids: 80,222 ±1,115
  • Kent County: 256,648 ±994
4 ±0.9 (4,781  ±790) Persons per household
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Grand Rapids: 2.4 191,083 (±0 / ±234)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kent County: 2.5 651,336 (±0 / ±235)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,261 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Grand Rapids: 84,894 ±1,060
  • Kent County: 269,136 ±174

$131,200 ±$13,568 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Grand Rapids: $244,500 ±$3,433
  • about half the amount in Kent County: $289,900 ±$2,942

4.6% ±2.5% (221  ±125.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Grand Rapids: 17.7% 34,577 (±1.3% / ±2,488.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 12.1% 79,557 (±0.5% / ±3,492.8)

Social

42.3% ±7.3% (1,110  ±267.1) High school grad or higher
  • about half the rate in Grand Rapids: 89.5% 116,617 (±1.8% / ±2,761.8)
  • about half the rate in Kent County: 92.3% 411,338 (±1.2% / ±5,193.9)
7% ±3.1% (184  ±85.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Grand Rapids: 41.6% 54,241 (±1.3% / ±1,756.3)
  • about one-fifth of 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

41.1% ±9% (1,997  ±543) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Grand Rapids: 11.1% 21,948 (±0.8% / ±1,647)
  • more than double the rate in Kent County: 8.9% 59,120

3.2% ±2.1% (104  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 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)
104 Total veterans ±71 104 Male ±71 N/A Female ±11

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