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Grand Rapids, MI Urban Area

611,480 Population
274.4 square miles 2,228.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,607 ±$1,386 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$79,135 ±$2,829 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.3% ±1.2% (61,958  ±7,321) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20 minutes ±0.6 (5,675,940  ±243,476) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

238,463 ±3,621 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (600,573  ±8,845) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±1.2% (7,831  ±1,812) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

248,750 ±2,805 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$296,800 ±$5,551 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.5% ±1.4% (81,809  ±8,627.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92% ±2.1% (375,652  ±9,667.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
42.9% ±1.4% (174,922  ±6,193.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

9.3% ±0.9% (56,916  ±5,256) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4% ±0.4% (18,660  ±1,679) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
18,660 Total veterans ±1,679 17,618 Male ±1,557 1,042 Female ±496

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