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Plainwell, MI

3,764 Population
2.1 square miles 1,813.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 40.8 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,263 ±$3,357 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Holland, MI Micro Area: $37,565 ±$1,070
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$65,846 ±$11,308 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Holland, MI Micro Area: $80,255 ±$2,217
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

11.7% ±6.4% (428  ±233) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 9.3% † 11,186 (±1% / ±1,147)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

20.1 minutes ±1.1 (32,225  ±4,855) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 23.9 1,234,470 (±0.7 / ±43,462)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,493 ±149 Number of households
  • the Holland, MI Micro Area: 44,984 ±524
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.2 (3,612  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 2.7 119,677 (±0 / ±34)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

2.5% ±2% (21  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,379 (±1% / ±246)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

1,531 ±160 Number of housing units
  • the Holland, MI Micro Area: 52,262 ±89
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$191,100 ±$30,488 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Holland, MI Micro Area: $247,000 ±$4,888
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

18.5% ±9.1% (691  ±339.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 8.2% † 9,748 (±1% / ±1,247.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96.1% ±11% (2,713  ±362.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 92.1% 76,640 (±2.1% / ±1,750.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
21.8% ±5.5% (616  ±159.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 26.1% 21,702 (±1.1% / ±925.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

0.9% ±1.2% (34  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 3.3% 3,952
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.6% ±4.2% (238  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Holland, MI Micro Area: 5.2% † 4,819 (±0.6% / ±537)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
238 Total veterans ±132 209 Male ±119 29 Female ±47

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