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Plainwell, MI

3,763 Population
2.1 square miles 1,813.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,753 ±$3,408 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Holland, MI Micro Area: $35,220 ±$1,121
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $37,929 ±$155
$61,086 ±$8,617 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Holland, MI Micro Area: $75,543 ±$2,369
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $68,505 ±$307

11.2% ±5.8% (410  ±210) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 9.5% † 11,307 (±1% / ±1,215)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,293,164 (±0.1% / ±13,321)

19.7 minutes ±4.7 (29,660  ±5,024) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 23.9 1,242,475 (±0.6 / ±40,931)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 101,384,610 (±0.1 / ±438,980)

Families

1,498 ±118 Number of households
  • the Holland, MI Micro Area: 44,621 ±588
  • Michigan: 4,009,253 ±7,688
2.4 ±0.2 (3,604  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 2.7 118,916 (±0 / ±26)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,840,766

2.8% ±2.1% (26  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,454 (±1.1% / ±275)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 116,868 (±0.1% / ±2,789)

Housing

1,522 ±126 Number of housing units
  • the Holland, MI Micro Area: 51,880 ±87
  • Michigan: 4,580,447 ±658

$163,300 ±$22,084 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Holland, MI Micro Area: $225,000 ±$4,683
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $201,100 ±$796

21.5% ±9.2% (804  ±,343.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 8.2% † 9,736 (±0.9% / ±1,103.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 12.2% 1,212,435 (±0.1% / ±12,907.9)

Social

94.8% ±9.8% (2,533  ±,324.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 91.7% 75,498 (±2.1% / ±1,738.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,366,037 (±0.3% / ±17,580.6)
19.3% ±5.5% (515  ±,150.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 24.1% 19,875 (±1.2% / ±,944.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 31.1% 2,160,351 (±0.1% / ±10,020.5)

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

0.9% ±1.3% (33  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 3.1% 3,665
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 694,860

6.8% ±3.4% (206  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 5% 4,619 (±0.5% / ±433)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.3% 498,788 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
206 Total veterans ±104 177 Male ±94 29 Female ±45

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