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Big Rapids Public Schools, MI

16,562 Population
131.8 square miles 125.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mecosta County: 40.6 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,773 ±$1,472 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mecosta County: $28,744 ±$873
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$53,949 ±$4,138 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mecosta County: $57,774 ±$2,199
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

25.3% ±3.4% (3,646  ±513) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mecosta County: 19.2% 7,296 (±1.7% / ±638)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

17.5 minutes ±1.3 (123,750  ±12,916) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mecosta County: 23.9 371,030 (±0.9 / ±17,543)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

6,310 ±271 Number of households
  • Mecosta County: 16,312 ±309
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.3 ±0.1 (14,397  ±552) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mecosta County: 2.3 38,067 (±0 / ±67)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.6% ±2.3% (204  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mecosta County: 6% † 537 (±1.5% / ±131)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

7,287 ±274 Number of housing units
  • Mecosta County: 21,045 ±54
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$178,800 ±$11,020 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Mecosta County: $169,900 ±$6,591
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

26% ±3.2% (4,256  ±537.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mecosta County: 16.9% 6,739 (±1.6% / ±631.3)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

94.2% ±3.8% (8,483  ±511.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mecosta County: 91.7% 24,566 (±2.7% / ±743.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
32.1% ±2.9% (2,891  ±289.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mecosta County: 22.7% 6,085 (±1.4% / ±378.5)
  • about the same as 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

2.4% ±0.7% (389  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mecosta County: 1.7% 676
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5% ±1% (684  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mecosta County: 7.5% 2,425 (±0.7% / ±224)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
684 Total veterans ±133 592 Male ±110 92 Female ±103

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