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Kalamazoo, MI

73,122 Population
24.7 square miles 2,961.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$27,927 ±$2,261 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $40,645 ±$1,972
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
$50,044 ±$5,288 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $67,191 ±$2,666
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694

23.6% ±4.3% (15,674  ±2,841) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 12.9% † 32,820 (±1.6% / ±4,133)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)

18 minutes ±0.8 (596,865  ±33,573) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 20.3 2,336,145 (±0.3 / ±53,616)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

30,482 ±1,478 Number of households
  • the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 107,893 ±1,973
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
2.2 ±0.1 (66,329  ±291) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 2.4 254,411 (±0 / ±279)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269

4.1% ±2.5% (971  ±600) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 4.7% † 3,122 (±1.5% / ±1,031)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)

Housing

32,959 ±1,482 Number of housing units
  • the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 115,178 ±119
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572

$172,400 ±$11,233 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $251,200 ±$12,162
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315

21% ±4.1% (15,118  ±2,973.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 12.8% † 33,072 (±1.7% / ±4,308.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)

Social

91.7% ±5.2% (38,285  ±2,918.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 94.8% 158,083 (±3.4% / ±5,942.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
41.7% ±4% (17,413  ±1,884.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 42.7% 71,134 (±2.2% / ±3,747.4)
  • about 1.3 times 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

5.8% ±2.1% (4,214  ±1,520) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 5.7% 14,944
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552

4.6% ±1.4% (2,724  ±853) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 5.4% † 11,080 (±0.8% / ±1,643)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
2,724 Total veterans ±853 2,660 Male ±850 64 Female ±84

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