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East Lansing School District, MI

52,371 Population
14.2 square miles 3,684.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ingham County: 33.3 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,823 ±$2,744 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ingham County: $37,723 ±$882
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,923 ±$3,621 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ingham County: $65,526 ±$1,674
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

33.9% ±2.8% (12,578  ±1,095) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Ingham County: 16.7% 44,437 (±0.9% / ±2,483)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17 minutes ±0.7 (335,725  ±25,237) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ingham County: 20.5 2,346,075 (±0.3 / ±59,892)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,877 ±664 Number of households
  • Ingham County: 117,096 ±839
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (36,949  ±1,072) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ingham County: 2.3 265,997 (±0 / ±446)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1% ±0.4% (205  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ingham County: 3.4% † 2,617 (±0.6% / ±448)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,079 ±647 Number of housing units
  • Ingham County: 126,232 ±207
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$264,800 ±$17,075 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ingham County: $198,800 ±$5,013
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

40.3% ±3% (21,007  ±1,594) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ingham County: 18.5% 52,035 (±0.8% / ±2,376.2)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.2% ±3.6% (18,074  ±1,029.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ingham County: 93.7% 164,858 (±1.7% / ±2,926.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
62.8% ±3.1% (11,549  ±760.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ingham County: 41.2% 72,522 (±1.1% / ±1,890.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

11.9% ±1.3% (6,221  ±709) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ingham County: 9.4% 26,570
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.2% ±0.6% (1,039  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Ingham County: 4.7% 10,765 (±0.3% / ±724)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,039 Total veterans ±263 929 Male ±256 110 Female ±67

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