Population

Grand Rapids's current population is 20,882 people with 10,391 households within this smaller 1 mile radius. This area experienced positive population growth of 18.7% from 2010-2020. This area is projected to grow another 7.9% over the next five years. This is higher than the national average.

The median age of the population in this area is 30.4 which is well below the state average of 40.9 years old. This area has an average household size of 1.92 persons. This area is not very family centric with 30.5% of the households being family households and with 15.7% having children in the home and 13.8% of the population being under 15 and an additional 20.3% being under 24. Another 37.8% of this area’s population is between 25 and 44 years of age and 20.0% between 45-64 years old leaving 8.2% of the population over 65 years old. These last two age groups are target age groups for dentures, partials, crowns, and other restorative work. This area does have a higher percentage of the population between 15-24 years old which could indicate a college population in this area. Many college students are included in the count, but do not typically make the best patient base for the area. Grand Rapids has a daytime employee population of 33,654 versus a permanent population of 20,882 meaning the daytime employee population is 161.2% of the permanent population living in the area and 80.0% of the total daytime population. Grand Rapids has a significant employee population that strongly influences the area. This could allow a practice to keep more daytime weekday hours as opposed to early morning hours, evening hours, or Saturday hours.

In this area, 52.6% of the population either holds a bachelor's degree or higher educational degree. Grand Rapids is higher than the state and US average.

The dominant racial and ethnic groups of the population in the Grand Rapids area are White 64.2%, Black 18.3%, Native American 1.0%, Asian 2.2%, 8.7% other races and 18.1% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Table #2 Significant Demographic Characteristics

		Grand Rapids, Michigan		Michigan	United States
Demographic Characteristic		Grand Rapids
		Michigan
Latitude / Longitude:		42.96336, -85.668086
Radius		1 mile	2 miles
POPULATION
Population 2021		20,882	81,758	10,105,078	333,934,112
2010 Total Population		17,205	73,019	9,875,998	309,121,785
2020 Total Population		20,429	81,320	10,102,052	332,502,844
Projected Total Population 2026		22,529	85,985	10,211,228	345,887,495
Population Change, 2010 - 2020		18.7%	11.4%	2.3%	7.6%
Annual Population Change Rate, 2021 - 2026		1.5%	1.0%	0.2%	0.7%
POPULATION AGE BREAKDOWN
Median Age		30.4	30.1	40.9	38.8
Under 4 years old		5.3%	7.6%	5.4%	5.9%
5 - 9 years old		4.5%	6.9%	5.7%	6.1%
10 - 14 years old		3.9%	6.3%	6.0%	6.2%
15 - 24 years old		20.3%	18.1%	12.7%	12.8%
25 - 44 years old		37.8%	33.4%	25.0%	26.8%
Number of Adults 25-44		7,895	27,317	2,526,593	89,400,051
45 - 64 years old		20.0%	18.9%	26.5%	25.0%
Number of Adults 45-64		4,173	15,493	2,680,468	83,512,738
65 years and over		8.2%	8.7%	18.6%	17.3%
Number of Adults 65 years and older		1,710	7,136	1,880,124	57,652,490
0 - 14 years old		13.8%	20.8%	17.1%	18.2%
Number of Children 0-14 years old		2,872	16,976	1,729,746	60,698,912

NOTE: All percentages are rounded. ESRI data pulled as of September 25, 2021. Data showing future dates are projections.

Highlighted fields signify favorable characteristics on a comparison basis with the other locations listed and/or national averages