Kalamazoo, MI (Michigan) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 72,179 (Urban population: 72,172, Rural population: 7 (all nonfarm))

Kalamazoo, Michigan Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 31,782 (29,411 occupied: 14,060 owner occupied, 15,351 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	52%
State:	26%

Housing density: 1288 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $134,913.

Median contract rent in 2007: $561 (lower quartile is $420, upper quartile is $692)

Housing units in Kalamazoo with a mortgage: 8,391 (747 second mortgage, 1,087 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,850

Kalamazoo,MI index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $119,500 (it was $80,700 in 2000)

Kalamazoo:	$119,500
Michigan:	$153,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $86,600 - $159,700

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $129,462
Here: $129,462
State: $200,820

Townhouses or other attached units: $211,624
Here: $211,624
State: $181,134

In 2-unit structures: $78,314
Here: $78,314
State: $129,336

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $171,082
Here: $171,082
State: $151,605

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $87,446
Here: $87,446
State: $149,899

Mobile homes: $22,061
Here: $22,061
State: $39,606

Median year house/condo built: 1949

Median year apartment built: 1967

Household type by relationship

Households: 67,544

In family households: 44,838 (8,953 male householders, 5,484 female householders)
8,981 spouses, 16,927 children (15,666 natural, 530 adopted, 731 stepchildren), 1,097 grandchildren, 467 brothers or sisters, 339 parents, 814 other relatives, 1,776 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 22,706 (7,039 male householders (4,470 living alone)), 7,939 female householders (5,756 living alone)), 7,728 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 9,548 (1,254 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,448 2-persons, 3,408 3-persons, 2,530 4-persons, 1,265 5-persons, 526 6-persons, 260 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,226 1-person, 3,135 2-persons, 850 3-persons, 421 4-persons, 165 5-persons, 124 6-persons, 57 7-or-more-persons.

7,153 married couples with children.
6,678 single-parent households (880 men, 5,798 women).

91.0% of residents of Kalamazoo speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 4,013 (5.2%)
(27.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Kalamazoo, Michigan:
	1 room: 8 2 rooms: 103 3 rooms: 341 4 rooms: 1,269 5 rooms: 3,031 6 rooms: 3,405 7 rooms: 2,624 8 rooms: 1,743 9 or more rooms: 1,536

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kalamazoo, Michigan:
	1 room: 661 2 rooms: 2,027 3 rooms: 3,564 4 rooms: 3,968 5 rooms: 2,383 6 rooms: 1,352 7 rooms: 734 8 rooms: 386 9 or more rooms: 276

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 198
1995 to 1998: 814
1990 to 1994: 965
1980 to 1989: 2,931
1970 to 1979: 4,874
1960 to 1969: 4,345
1950 to 1959: 4,950
1940 to 1949: 3,523
1939 or earlier: 9,182

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kalamazoo:
	no bedroom: 55 1 bedroom: 430 2 bedrooms: 3,700 3 bedrooms: 6,908 4 bedrooms: 2,456 5 or more bedrooms: 511

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kalamazoo:
	no bedroom: 911 1 bedroom: 5,616 2 bedrooms: 5,777 3 bedrooms: 2,025 4 bedrooms: 632 5 or more bedrooms: 390

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Kalamazoo in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 675 1 vehicle: 5,058 2 vehicles: 6,304 3 vehicles: 1,510 4 vehicles: 362 5 or more vehicles: 151

Cars and other vehicles available in Kalamazoo in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 3,015 1 vehicle: 7,495 2 vehicles: 3,224 3 vehicles: 939 4 vehicles: 395 5 or more vehicles: 283

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Kalamazoo, MI:

Less than $10,000: 154
$10,000 to $14,999: 79
$15,000 to $19,999: 132
$20,000 to $24,999: 111
$25,000 to $29,999: 93
$30,000 to $34,999: 82
$35,000 to $39,999: 137
$40,000 to $49,999: 407
$50,000 to $59,999: 468
$60,000 to $69,999: 540
$70,000 to $79,999: 641
$80,000 to $89,999: 715
$90,000 to $99,999: 761
$100,000 to $124,999: 1902
$125,000 to $149,999: 1645
$150,000 to $174,999: 1061
$175,000 to $199,999: 793
$200,000 to $249,999: 946
$250,000 to $299,999: 415
$300,000 to $399,999: 287
$400,000 to $499,999: 128
$500,000 to $749,999: 105
$750,000 to $999,999: 18
$1,000,000 or more: 33

Kalamazoo rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Kalamazoo:

Less than $100: 330 people
$100 to $149: 406
$150 to $199: 507
$200 to $249: 446
$250 to $299: 393
$300 to $349: 411
$350 to $399: 846
$400 to $449: 1,129
$450 to $499: 1,275
$500 to $549: 1,365
$550 to $599: 1,477
$600 to $649: 1,618
$650 to $699: 1,014
$700 to $749: 1,020
$750 to $799: 566
$800 to $899: 759
$900 to $999: 377
$1,000 to $1,249: 445
$1,250 to $1,499: 152
$1,500 to $1,999: 169
$2,000 or more: 170
No cash rent: 340

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,087 1990 to 1994: 411 1985 to 1989: 318 1980 to 1984: 298 1975 to 1979: 244 1970 to 1974: 82 1970 to 1974: 102 1965 to 1969: 471

Kalamazoo, MI Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 88.8%
Number of people working at home: 1,157 (3.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1975
5 to 9 minutes: 6556
10 to 14 minutes: 8523
15 to 19 minutes: 7806
20 to 24 minutes: 3598
25 to 29 minutes: 1258
30 to 34 minutes: 2071
35 to 39 minutes: 405
40 to 44 minutes: 518
45 to 59 minutes: 957
60 to 89 minutes: 877
90 or more minutes: 421

Kalamazoo mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 26,862 (74%)
Carpooled: 4,044 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,061 (3%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
Taxi: 55 (0%)
Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
Bicycle: 182 (1%)
Walked: 2,514 (7%)
Other means: 216 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,157 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 4527
$10,000 to $14,999: 2757
$15,000 to $19,999: 2645
$20,000 to $24,999: 2287
$25,000 to $29,999: 1929
$30,000 to $34,999: 1861
$35,000 to $39,999: 1850
$40,000 to $44,999: 1522
$45,000 to $49,999: 1429
$50,000 to $59,999: 2270
$60,000 to $74,999: 2463
$75,000 to $99,999: 1880
$100,000 to $124,999: 874
$125,000 to $149,999: 431
$150,000 to $199,999: 316
$200,000 or more: 374

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 18477

German: 8794

English: 4640

Irish: 4610

Dutch: 4372

United States or American: 3068

Polish: 2775

Italian: 2138

French (except Basque): 1354

Scottish: 1096

Subsaharan African:: 1019

Swedish: 822

Scotch-Irish: 821

African: 821

French Canadian: 663

Norwegian: 592

European: 543

Hungarian: 356

Arab:: 347

British: 309

Welsh: 250

Russian: 230

Greek: 229

Latvian: 205

Danish: 182

Canadian: 176

Ukrainian: 173

Lebanese: 128

Croatian: 123

Czech: 119

Romanian: 106

Swiss: 105

Austrian: 105

Ghanian: 99

Other Arab: 93

Belgian: 86

Czechoslovakian: 82

Finnish: 81

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 79

Arab/Arabic: 76

Scandinavian: 74

Yugoslavian: 70

Slovak: 69

Nigerian: 60

Iranian: 48

Northern European: 48

Turkish: 45

Jamaican: 42

Slavic: 40

Lithuanian: 38

Brazilian: 33

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 32

Pennsylvania German: 30

Armenian: 29

Portuguese: 28

Slovene: 26

South African: 25

Syrian: 22

Maltese: 21

Serbian: 20

British West Indian: 19

Afghan: 19

Palestinian: 18

Luxemburger: 18

Albanian: 15

Bulgarian: 15

Kenyan: 9

Bahamian: 9

West Indian: 9

Australian: 9

Macedonian: 8

Israeli: 6

Celtic: 6

Basque: 6

Egyptian: 5

Iraqi: 5

Sudanese: 5

Estonian: 5

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

Mexico (18%)
India (10%)
Malaysia (5%)
Japan (4%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Other Western Asia (4%)
Canada (4%)

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

This state: 53374
Northeast: 2219
Midwest: 9811
South: 5566
West: 1704

41% of Kalamazoo residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Michigan.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 204
Nursery to 4th grade: 90
5th and 6th grade: 271
7th and 8th grade: 433
9th grade: 358
10th grade: 417
11th grade: 611
12th grade, no diploma: 508
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,562
Less than 1 year of college: 1,172
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,815
Associate degree: 1,056
Bachelor's degree: 3,281
Master's degree: 1,535
Professional school degree: 625
Doctorate degree: 656

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 178
Nursery to 4th grade: 91
5th and 6th grade: 197
7th and 8th grade: 591
9th grade: 427
10th grade: 562
11th grade: 782
12th grade, no diploma: 598
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,829
Less than 1 year of college: 1,454
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,291
Associate degree: 1,336
Bachelor's degree: 4,033
Master's degree: 2,356
Professional school degree: 270
Doctorate degree: 295

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 12.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 11.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 14.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 14.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 12.6%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 11.6%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 13.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.7%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 16.5%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 14.7%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.3%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $33,952
Black householders: $15,990
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $74,040
Asian householders: $24,955
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $192,646
Some other race householders: $33,644
Two or more races householders: $32,671
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $24,241

Kalamazoo household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Kalamazoo household income for Black householders

Kalamazoo household income for Some other race householders

Kalamazoo household income for Two or more races householders

Kalamazoo household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Kalamazoo marital status for males

Kalamazoo marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $130,605
Black or African American householders: $84,701
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $114,613
Asian householders: $285,941
Some other race householders: $77,149
Two or more races householders: $90,328
Hispanic or Latino householders: $88,255

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 15,938
One, attached: 933
Two: 2,198
3 or 4: 2,291
5 to 9: 2,306
10 to 19: 2,800
20 to 49: 2,599
50 or more: 1,925
Mobile homes: 781
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11

Median worth of mobile homes: $11,882

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Kalamazoo:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (92%) Electricity (4%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (72%) Electricity (23%) Other fuel (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 894

Here:	12.5%
Michigan:	11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 348

Here:	11.5%
Michigan:	8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,053

Here:	11.5%
Michigan:	16.5%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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