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Grand Rapids, MI

196,587 Population
44.8 square miles 4,390.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$35,614 ±$1,660 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $40,208 ±$1,200
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
$70,258 ±$5,594 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $77,979 ±$2,007
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694

18.3% ±2.8% (34,992  ±5,248) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 10.3% 116,765 (±0.9% / ±9,901)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)

19.8 minutes ±1.2 (1,862,125  ±146,737) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 21.7 11,384,240 (±0.5 / ±314,915)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 102,049,984 (±0.2 / ±869,478)

Families

80,311 ±3,224 Number of households
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 445,882 ±2,934
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
2.4 ±0.1 (189,644  ±722) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 2.5 1,132,823 (±0 / ±800)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269

6% ±2.3% (3,318  ±1,304) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 4.3% † 11,970 (±0.8% / ±2,131)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)

Housing

85,468 ±3,072 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 471,392 ±333
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572

$260,000 ±$7,888 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $293,500 ±$3,729
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315

18.6% ±2.7% (36,013  ±5,320.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 11.8% 135,787 (±0.9% / ±10,591.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)

Social

89.4% ±3.4% (115,580  ±5,434.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 92.4% 721,869 (±1.7% / ±13,168.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
41.6% ±2.4% (53,759  ±3,434.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 37.7% 294,242 (±1% / ±8,164.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.7% 2,289,862 (±0.3% / ±21,961.1)

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

11% ±2% (21,607  ±3,833) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 6.9% 80,074
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552

4.1% ±0.7% (6,418  ±1,165) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 4.7% 41,670 (±0.3% / ±2,337)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
6,418 Total veterans ±1,165 6,122 Male ±1,104 296 Female ±233

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