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Big Rapids, MI (Michigan) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $145,620 (it was $72,000 in 2000)
Big Rapids:

$145,620
Michigan:

$224,400
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $92,769 - $210,784

Total population: 10,443 (All urban)

Houses: 3,279 (2,642 occupied: 1,090 owner occupied, 1,590 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

59%
State:

27%

Housing density: 772 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $227,928.

Median contract rent in 2022: $683 (lower quartile is $411, upper quartile is $1,034)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,115


Median gross rent in Big Rapids, MI in 2022: $742

Housing units in Big Rapids with a mortgage: 740 (40 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 33 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $75,117

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $40,320

Median monthly housing costs: $803

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Big Rapids, Michigan Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1957

Median year apartment built: 1972

Household type by relationship:

Households: 7,896
  • Male householders: 1,325 (417 living alone), Female householders: 1,295 (628 living alone)
  • 602 spouses (602 opposite-sex spouses), 332 unmarried partners, (325 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,074 children (935 natural, 15 adopted, 122 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 0 foster children, 43 other relatives, 933 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 2,236

Size of family households: 360 2-persons, 253 3-persons, 210 4-persons, 94 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,085 1-person, 432 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 98 4-persons, 13 5-persons.

625 married couples with children.
296 single-parent households (61 men, 235 women).

96.0% of residents of Big Rapids speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (12% speak English very well, 62% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 118 (1.5%)
(56.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.4
State:

6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.3
State:

4.3

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Big Rapids, Michigan
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Big Rapids, Michigan
  • 0no bedroom
  • 01 bedroom
  • 2842 bedrooms
  • 5023 bedrooms
  • 2274 bedrooms
  • 785+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Big Rapids, Michigan
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Big Rapids, Michigan
  • 171no bedroom
  • 3981 bedroom
  • 4962 bedrooms
  • 2963 bedrooms
  • 1844 bedrooms
  • 465+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Big Rapids in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Big Rapids in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 44no vehicle
  • 4431 vehicle
  • 4282 vehicles
  • 943 vehicles
  • 514 vehicles
  • 315+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Big Rapids in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Big Rapids in renter-occupied apartments
  • 319no vehicle
  • 6141 vehicle
  • 4732 vehicles
  • 663 vehicles
  • 704 vehicles
  • 475+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Big Rapids, Michigan
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Big Rapids, Michigan
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 293 rooms
  • 1604 rooms
  • 1365 rooms
  • 2526 rooms
  • 2037 rooms
  • 798 rooms
  • 2339+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Big Rapids, Michigan
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Big Rapids, Michigan
  • 1581 room
  • 702 rooms
  • 1743 rooms
  • 4304 rooms
  • 3955 rooms
  • 1796 rooms
  • 997 rooms
  • 518 rooms
  • 349+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Big Rapids city income, earnings, and wages data

  • Big Rapids, MI household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Big Rapids, MI in 2022
  • 199Less than $10,000
  • 498$10,000 to $19,999
  • 419$20,000 to $29,999
  • 309$30,000 to $39,999
  • 191$40,000 to $49,999
  • 221$50,000 to $59,999
  • 265$60,000 to $74,999
  • 194$75,000 to $99,999
  • 183$100,000 to $124,999
  • 138$125,000 to $149,999
  • 18$150,000 to $199,999
  • 58$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Big Rapids, MI

  • Distribution of house value in Big Rapids, MI in 2022
  • 52Less than $10,000
  • 34$10,000 to $14,999
  • 28$50,000 to $59,999
  • 20$60,000 to $69,999
  • 95$70,000 to $79,999
  • 54$80,000 to $89,999
  • 40$90,000 to $99,999
  • 143$100,000 to $124,999
  • 93$125,000 to $149,999
  • 118$150,000 to $174,999
  • 85$175,000 to $199,999
  • 102$200,000 to $249,999
  • 56$250,000 to $299,999
  • 47$300,000 to $399,999
  • 8$400,000 to $499,999
  • 6$500,000 to $749,999
  • 27$750,000 to $999,999

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Big Rapids, MI

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Big Rapids, MI in 2022
  • 9Less than $100
  • 15$150 to $199
  • 86$200 to $249
  • 51$250 to $299
  • 36$300 to $349
  • 146$350 to $399
  • 79$400 to $449
  • 8$450 to $499
  • 159$500 to $549
  • 33$550 to $599
  • 66$600 to $649
  • 132$650 to $699
  • 37$700 to $749
  • 35$750 to $799
  • 147$800 to $899
  • 62$900 to $999
  • 231$1,000 to $1,249
  • 85$1,250 to $1,499
  • 36$1,500 to $1,999
  • 43$2,000 to $2,499
  • 69No cash rent
Work and jobs in Big Rapids: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 86.8%
Number of people working at home: 289 (7.4% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 579
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 1,118
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 605
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 443
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 377
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 104
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 84
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 8
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 57
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 173
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 78
  • 90 or more minutes: 0
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Big Rapids

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 6,974 (78.2%)
  • Carpooled: 607 (6.8%)
  • Bus: 36 (0.4%)
  • Taxi: 33 (0.4%)
  • Bicycle: 27 (0.3%)
  • Walked: 691 (7.7%)
  • Worked at home: 289 (3.2%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 7.7%Males
  • 1.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 16.9%Males
  • 9.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 34.9%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 18.4%Males
Races in Big Rapids detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Big Rapids, Michigan
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Big Rapids, Michigan
  • 542010 or later
  • 322000 to 2009
  • 211990 to 1999
  • 581980 to 1989
  • 111970 to 1979
  • 7Before 1970
Ancestries in Big Rapids, MI

First ancestries reported:

  • German: 477 (16.4%)
  • English: 275 (9.5%)
  • American: 270 (9.3%)
  • Polish: 158 (5.4%)
  • Dutch: 144 (5.0%)
  • Irish: 140 (4.8%)
  • European: 85 (2.9%)
  • Scottish: 73 (2.5%)
  • Italian: 67 (2.3%)
  • Hungarian: 40 (1.4%)
  • French Canadian: 38 (1.3%)
  • Norwegian: 30 (1.0%)
  • Scandinavian: 30 (1.0%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 26 (0.9%)
  • African: 19 (0.7%)
  • Swedish: 17 (0.6%)
  • Eastern European: 16 (0.6%)
  • Lebanese: 15 (0.5%)
  • Ukrainian: 9 (0.3%)
  • Russian: 6 (0.2%)
  • Swiss: 6 (0.2%)
  • French: 5 (0.2%)
  • Belgian: 3 (0.1%)
  • British: 2 (0.07%)
  • Canadian: 1 (0.03%)
  • Pennsylvania German: 1 (0.03%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Venezuela
Big Rapids:

28.0% (33)
Michigan:

0.3% (1,871)

Burma (Myanmar)
Big Rapids:

20.3% (24)
Michigan:

0.6% (4,087)

Sri Lanka
Big Rapids:

16.1% (19)
Michigan:

0.2% (1,092)

Philippines
Big Rapids:

11.9% (14)
Michigan:

2.8% (19,112)

Japan
Big Rapids:

10.2% (12)
Michigan:

1.5% (10,225)

Vietnam
Big Rapids:

8.5% (10)
Michigan:

1.8% (12,679)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 6,399
  • Other state: 1,325
  • Northeast: 210
  • Midwest: 628
  • South: 210
  • West: 286

59.7% of Big Rapids residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 21.3% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 86.1% lived in Michigan.


Big Rapids:

59.7%
State average:

88.4%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 0
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 20
  • 9th grade: 7
  • 10th grade: 12
  • 11th grade: 14
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 0
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 626
  • Less than 1 year of college: 178
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 151
  • Associate degree: 80
  • Bachelor's degree: 237
  • Master's degree: 152
  • Professional school degree: 10
  • Doctorate degree: 49
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 0
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 5
  • 9th grade: 21
  • 10th grade: 12
  • 11th grade: 32
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 11
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 539
  • Less than 1 year of college: 142
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 165
  • Associate degree: 162
  • Bachelor's degree: 306
  • Master's degree: 114
  • Professional school degree: 18
  • Doctorate degree: 85
Educational Attainment for Females
Big Rapids marital status for males
Big Rapids marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 1,381
  • One, attached: 105
  • Two: 348
  • 3 or 4: 338
  • 5 to 9: 350
  • 10 to 19: 262
  • 20 to 49: 123
  • 50 or more: 119
  • Mobile homes: 248

Median worth of mobile homes: $13,017

Year householders moved into residence in Big Rapids
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Big Rapids, MI
  • 88.6%Utility gas
  • 7.0%Electricity
  • 2.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.5%Other fuel
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Big Rapids, MI
  • 59.7%Utility gas
  • 32.1%Electricity
  • 4.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 2.9%Other fuel
  • 0.5%No fuel used

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
Here:

13.0%
Michigan:

12.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here:

0.0%
Michigan:

9.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 224
Here:

7.6%
Michigan:

14.9%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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