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East Lansing, MI

45,403 Population
13.4 square miles 3,380.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,297 ±$3,169 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $37,203 ±$490
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $37,929 ±$155
$44,094 ±$5,222 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $68,270 ±$1,201
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $68,505 ±$307

34.3% ±3% (10,520  ±931) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 12.9% 66,871 (±0.5% / ±2,809)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,293,164 (±0.1% / ±13,321)

16.1 minutes ±0.7 (288,215  ±18,841) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 22.4 5,162,230 (±0.3 / ±88,036)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 101,384,610 (±0.1 / ±438,980)

Families

13,865 ±531 Number of households
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 219,633 ±988
  • Michigan: 4,009,253 ±7,688
2.2 ±0.1 (30,585  ±607) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 2.4 518,690 (±0 / ±511)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,840,766

0.8% ±0.4% (151  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 4.5% 5,921 (±0.4% / ±524)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 116,868 (±0.1% / ±2,789)

Housing

15,745 ±513 Number of housing units
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 236,080 ±252
  • Michigan: 4,580,447 ±658

$240,800 ±$10,829 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $183,800 ±$2,111
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $201,100 ±$796

43.7% ±2.6% (19,743  ±1,194.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 15.8% 84,187 (±0.6% / ±3,154.3)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 12.2% 1,212,435 (±0.1% / ±12,907.9)

Social

98.3% ±3.6% (14,468  ±,909.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 93.9% 333,507 (±1% / ±3,624.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,366,037 (±0.3% / ±17,580.6)
67.8% ±3.1% (9,975  ±,684.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 34.2% 121,309 (±0.6% / ±2,175)
  • 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

11.2% ±1.7% (5,065  ±761) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 6.4% 34,542
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 694,860

2.1% ±0.7% (848  ±274) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 6.1% 26,325 (±0.2% / ±921)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 6.3% 498,788 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
848 Total veterans ±274 771 Male ±261 77 Female ±54

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