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Grand Rapids, MI

200,131 Population
44.8 square miles 4,469.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$36,345 ±$1,971 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $42,517 ±$1,232
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
$70,515 ±$3,596 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $81,541 ±$1,312
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567

15.1% ±2.9% (29,319  ±5,590) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 9.4% 108,052 (±0.8% / ±9,048)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)

19.2 minutes ±0.6 (1,833,350  ±106,301) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 21.9 11,618,180 (±0.5 / ±309,139)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 103,755,816 (±0.2 / ±1,091,458)

Families

80,313 ±2,840 Number of households
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 447,475 ±3,609
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
2.4 ±0.1 (193,049  ±215) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 2.6 1,149,320 (±0 / ±478)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923

4.9% ±1.8% (2,823  ±1,032) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 4.9% † 13,754 (±0.8% / ±2,189)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)

Housing

84,949 ±2,996 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 475,009 ±378
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252

$286,500 ±$9,826 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $316,600 ±$5,284
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616

17.4% ±2.8% (34,418  ±5,474.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 11% 128,347 (±0.9% / ±10,887.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)

Social

90.5% ±3.8% (123,350  ±6,107.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 93% 740,186 (±1.7% / ±13,278.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
43.2% ±2.6% (58,952  ±3,926.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 38.3% 305,071 (±1.1% / ±8,749.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 33.3% 2,366,945 (±0.3% / ±23,456.2)

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

9.2% ±1.5% (18,448  ±2,958) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 6.8% 79,945
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787

3.6% ±0.9% (5,832  ±1,522) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 5.1% 46,493 (±0.4% / ±3,596)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
5,832 Total veterans ±1,522 5,406 Male ±1,412 426 Female ±327

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