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Lansing, MI

116,677 Population
39.2 square miles 2,977.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.8 ±0.2

Economics

$24,221 ±$1,191 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $31,534 ±$777
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $32,892 ±$256
$41,066 ±$1,866 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $59,117 ±$2,143
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $59,584 ±$572

21.3% ±4.4% (24,523  ±5,110) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 13.1% 69,210 (±1% / ±5,454)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13% 1,269,062 (±0.3% / ±30,302)

19.6 minutes ±0.6 (1,064,535  ±38,760) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 22.4 5,600,860 (±0.2 / ±67,413)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.6 107,676,520 (±0.1 / ±404,788)

Families

51,035 ±1,870 Number of households
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 215,854 ±2,497
  • Michigan: 3,969,880 ±12,901
2.3 ±0.1 (115,501  ±1,379) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 2.4 527,700 (±0 / ±1,896)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,763,358 (±0)

4.3% ±2% (1,386  ±640) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 4.7% † 6,469 (±1% / ±1,418)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,459 (±0.2% / ±5,084)

Housing

57,126 ±1,948 Number of housing units
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 234,598 ±788
  • Michigan: 4,629,605 ±439

$94,200 ±$5,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $159,700 ±$3,903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $169,600 ±$893

17.7% ±2.8% (20,504  ±3,268.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 16.2% 88,153 (±1.1% / ±6,072.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 12.9% 1,274,542 (±0.3% / ±26,626.8)

Social

90.1% ±4.4% (70,379  ±4,231.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 94% 339,067 (±2.2% / ±8,017.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.4% 6,298,340 (±0.5% / ±35,057.4)
28.5% ±2.9% (22,265  ±2,369) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 34.1% 122,841 (±1.4% / ±4,939.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 30% 2,070,795 (±0.3% / ±19,155.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

14.8% ±3.9% (17,309  ±4,541) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 7.1% † 38,893 (±0.8% / ±4,403)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 7% 700,925 (±0.1% / ±14,208)

4.4% ±1% (4,088  ±911) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 6.5% 28,567 (±0.5% / ±2,274)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 6.6% 520,129 (±0.1% / ±9,100)
4,088 Total veterans ±911 3,527 Male ±854 561 Female ±352

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