Census Reporter

Lansing, MI

117,488 Population
39.1 square miles 3,001.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$23,724 ±$717 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $32,267 ±$485
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $32,854 ±$142
$44,233 ±$1,526 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $60,278 ±$866
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $59,234 ±$218

22.7% ±1.6% (26,411  ±1,866) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 13.9% 73,228 (±0.5% / ±2,740)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.7% 1,337,256 (±0.2% / ±14,613)

19.7 minutes ±0.5 (1,036,850  ±40,428) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 22.4 5,495,765 (±0.3 / ±87,100)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.6 105,557,240 (±0.1 / ±455,943)

Families

49,539 ±914 Number of households
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 216,659 ±948
  • Michigan: 3,980,408 ±8,401
2.4 ±0 (116,469  ±254) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 2.4 526,483 (±0 / ±660)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,748,164 (±0)

6% ±1.1% (1,885  ±337) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 4.8% 6,538 (±0.4% / ±591)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.3% 119,659 (±0.1% / ±2,557)

Housing

55,312 ±924 Number of housing units
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 233,860 ±303
  • Michigan: 4,611,913 ±1,095

$87,700 ±$2,373 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $153,300 ±$1,924
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $162,600 ±$471

21.6% ±1.5% (25,021  ±1,696.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 17.7% 96,053 (±0.6% / ±3,271.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.4% 1,317,941 (±0.1% / ±13,406.4)

Social

90.3% ±2.2% (68,863  ±1,944.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 93.8% 335,688 (±1.1% / ±3,871)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.3% 6,257,361 (±0.3% / ±17,586.5)
26.3% ±1.3% (20,073  ±1,064.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 33.1% 118,368 (±0.7% / ±2,312.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 30% 2,055,131 (±0.2% / ±10,276)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10% ±1.2% (11,698  ±1,383) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 6.5% 35,733 (±0.3% / ±1,720)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 686,647 (±0.1% / ±7,455)

6% ±0.7% (5,401  ±586) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 6.6% 28,531 (±0.3% / ±1,072)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.8% 532,394 (±0.1% / ±4,849)
5,401 Total veterans ±586 5,037 Male ±569 364 Female ±120

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