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Big Rapids, MI Urban Area

11,147 Population
7.3 square miles 1,518 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,248 ±$2,144 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,803 ±$6,973 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34% ±4.8% (3,112  ±458) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.3 minutes ±1.7 (83,775  ±11,659) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,218 ±240 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (9,116  ±433) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2% (105  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,973 ±271 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$168,400 ±$9,849 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

38.1% ±4.5% (4,215  ±518.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±5.9% (4,707  ±417.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.6% ±4% (1,434  ±221.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.6% ±0.8% (175  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±1.2% (325  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
325 Total veterans ±113 304 Male ±110 21 Female ±24

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