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East Lansing, MI

45,394 Population
13.4 square miles 3,379.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,162 ±$3,080 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $39,209 ±$622
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$43,547 ±$3,669 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $70,886 ±$1,114
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

34.2% ±2.9% (10,352  ±892) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 13.1% 59,001 (±0.6% / ±2,788)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

16.8 minutes ±0.8 (286,300  ±21,344) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 21.9 4,300,060 (±0.4 / ±94,208)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

13,914 ±561 Number of households
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 192,995 ±922
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.2 ±0.1 (30,189  ±548) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 2.3 450,266 (±0 / ±402)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

0.8% ±0.3% (142  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 4.1% † 4,856 (±0.4% / ±521)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

15,693 ±548 Number of housing units
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 206,585 ±223
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$251,600 ±$14,114 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $205,400 ±$2,402
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

43.3% ±2.8% (19,564  ±1,290.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 15.9% 74,042 (±0.6% / ±2,846.7)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

98.4% ±4.2% (14,267  ±910.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 94.1% 290,195 (±1.2% / ±3,576.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
67.4% ±3.6% (9,771  ±693.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 37.3% 114,856 (±0.8% / ±2,304.6)
  • more than double 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

10.8% ±1.5% (4,884  ±682) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 7% 33,097
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

1.9% ±0.6% (762  ±239) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 5.7% 21,527 (±0.2% / ±889)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
762 Total veterans ±239 692 Male ±239 70 Female ±41

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