Compare Grand Rapids Metro Area, MI vs Michigan (MI) vs United States

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Metric	Grand Rapids Metro Area, MI Metro Area	Michigan (MI) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	1,162,152	10,077,761	334,922,499
Rent	$1,202	$1,129	$1,413
Year built	1979	1972	1980
Household income	$82,874	$72,875	$80,734
Per capita income	$41,561	$40,735	$44,673
Poverty rate	9.7%	13.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.7%	4.0%
Household size	2.6	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	46.2%	46.4%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	1,162,152	10,077,761	334,922,499
Adults over 25	778,630	7,008,507	230,807,303
Total households	440,316	4,076,369	129,227,496
Household size	2.6	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$82,874	$72,875	$80,734
Per capita income	$41,561	$40,735	$44,673
Poverty rate	9.7%	13.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.7%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	46.2%	46.4%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,202	$1,129	$1,413
Year built	1979	1972	1980
Households that rent	25.4%	26.8%	34.8%
Households that own	74.6%	73.2%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	6.2	5.9	5.5
Race
White	78.3%	73.7%	61%
Black	6.4%	13.3%	12.2%
Asian	2.6%	3.4%	6%
Two or more races	9.1%	7.1%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	5.9%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	89.9%	94.1%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	87.6%	86.5%	84.9%
Commute time to work	22.0 min	24.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	12.4%	13.5%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	26.2%	28.5%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	26.4%	28%	26%
Some college or associate degree	10.8%	11.1%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	36.5%	32.4%	35.7%