Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Lansing, MI

111,269 Population
39.2 square miles 2,839.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

35.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$31,559 ±$1,759 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $37,980 ±$1,028
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
$55,197 ±$4,847 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $70,007 ±$2,690
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694

18% ±3.6% (19,878  ±4,025) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 13% † 58,610 (±1.3% / ±5,883)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)

19.7 minutes ±0.6 (938,335  ±38,272) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 21.9 4,300,060 (±0.4 / ±94,208)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

52,849 ±1,711 Number of households
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 194,031 ±1,881
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
2.1 ±0.1 (110,078  ±1,307) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 2.3 450,044 (±0 / ±1,099)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269

4.3% ±2.6% (1,235  ±757) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 3.8% † 4,481 (±0.8% / ±956)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)

Housing

58,154 ±2,102 Number of housing units
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 208,108 ±494
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572

$128,200 ±$7,946 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $219,100 ±$6,066
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315

14.4% ±2.8% (15,936  ±3,061.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 15% 70,498 (±1.2% / ±5,555.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)

Social

91.1% ±4.9% (69,822  ±4,453.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 94.5% 290,480 (±2.4% / ±7,554.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
30.9% ±3.3% (23,698  ±2,666.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 37.9% 116,416 (±1.5% / ±4,785.5)
  • a little less 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

8.9% ±2.1% (9,925  ±2,355) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 6.2% 29,542
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552

5.2% ±1.1% (4,663  ±1,009) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 5.6% 21,161 (±0.5% / ±2,027)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
4,663 Total veterans ±1,009 4,014 Male ±963 649 Female ±462

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.