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Lansing, MI

111,833 Population
39.1 square miles 2,857 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,350 ±$2,457 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $33,799 ±$989
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $35,353 ±$229
$48,818 ±$2,900 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $61,980 ±$1,727
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $63,498 ±$526

18% ±3.5% (20,066  ±3,888) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 12.6% 65,660 (±1.2% / ±6,096)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,286,329 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

20 minutes ±0.7 (986,070  ±41,749) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 22.5 5,313,035 (±0.4 / ±96,731)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 103,237,670 (±0.1 / ±459,816)

Families

50,590 ±1,859 Number of households
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 220,067 ±2,376
  • Michigan: 4,051,798 ±10,574
2.2 ±0.1 (110,919  ±1,452) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 2.4 522,339 (±0 / ±2,708)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,839,062 (±0)

3.3% ±2.2% (1,040  ±711) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 4.4% † 5,787 (±1% / ±1,310)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 117,076 (±0.2% / ±5,489)

Housing

55,557 ±1,918 Number of housing units
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 236,859 ±1,179
  • Michigan: 4,590,384 ±648

$109,900 ±$7,297 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $179,200 ±$5,148
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $199,100 ±$1,479

17.7% ±2.9% (19,727  ±3,215.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 15.4% 82,498 (±1.1% / ±5,903.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.3% 1,123,253 (±0.3% / ±27,022.3)

Social

90% ±4.8% (66,779  ±4,224) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 93.6% 335,179 (±2.2% / ±7,765.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,411,597 (±0.5% / ±33,213.5)
31.6% ±3.5% (23,407  ±2,681.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 34.8% 124,501 (±1.4% / ±4,960)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 31.7% 2,208,170 (±0.3% / ±19,284.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

9.4% ±2.3% (10,488  ±2,622) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 6.2% 33,674 (±0.6% / ±2,979)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 6.8% 683,293 (±0.1% / ±13,895)

3.9% ±0.9% (3,480  ±832) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 5.9% 25,432 (±0.5% / ±2,127)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 6% 474,645 (±0.1% / ±8,555)
3,480 Total veterans ±832 3,067 Male ±809 413 Female ±326

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