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Kalamazoo, MI

73,280 Population
24.7 square miles 2,967.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$31,221 ±$2,936 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $41,995 ±$2,302
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
$59,226 ±$4,198 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $71,069 ±$3,935
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567

18.9% ±4.4% (12,731  ±2,945) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 11.2% † 28,899 (±1.7% / ±4,346)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)

18.5 minutes ±0.9 (606,615  ±35,295) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 20.7 2,356,585 (±0.4 / ±61,672)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

29,344 ±2,090 Number of households
  • the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 108,759 ±1,835
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
2.3 ±0.2 (66,688  ±209) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 2.4 257,070 (±0 / ±208)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923

1.6% ±1.3% (373  ±300) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 1.5% † 1,058 (±0.7% / ±493)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)

Housing

32,160 ±2,136 Number of housing units
  • the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 115,768 ±100
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252

$196,100 ±$15,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $260,600 ±$8,388
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616

23.7% ±5.1% (17,245  ±3,685.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 13.1% † 34,594 (±2% / ±5,155.4)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)

Social

89.7% ±5% (37,275  ±3,104.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 94.5% 160,420 (±3.6% / ±6,278.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
37.3% ±3.5% (15,512  ±1,737.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 41.2% 69,855 (±2.2% / ±3,807.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

5% ±1.7% (3,661  ±1,243) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 5.7% 15,052
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787

3.2% ±1% (1,864  ±612) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 4.6% † 9,638 (±0.7% / ±1,552)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
1,864 Total veterans ±612 1,726 Male ±578 138 Female ±146

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