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Okemos, MI

26,396 Population
16.9 square miles 1,565.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,396 ±$4,548 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $39,863 ±$677
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$102,612 ±$12,341 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $72,550 ±$1,364
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

14.5% ±2.5% (3,786  ±671) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 13.5% 60,985 (±0.6% / ±2,719)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

19.4 minutes ±1.3 (196,480  ±25,881) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 21.6 4,159,285 (±0.3 / ±81,335)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

10,016 ±505 Number of households
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 194,163 ±1,017
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.6 ±0.2 (26,084  ±1,007) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 2.3 452,006 (±0 / ±418)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

4.2% ±2% (287  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 3.9% † 4,584 (±0.4% / ±464)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

10,998 ±550 Number of housing units
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 207,300 ±215
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$359,200 ±$11,186 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $216,700 ±$2,805
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

19.6% ±3% (5,128  ±815.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 15.3% 71,709 (±0.6% / ±2,715.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

97.7% ±3% (15,215  ±920.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 94.1% 291,846 (±1.2% / ±3,678.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
72.8% ±3.5% (11,335  ±807.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 37.5% 116,437 (±0.8% / ±2,329.4)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

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

22.1% ±3.4% (5,828  ±911) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 7.1% 33,308
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

3.7% ±0.9% (741  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 5.6% 21,280 (±0.2% / ±778)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
741 Total veterans ±185 620 Male ±140 121 Female ±69

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