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Grand Rapids, MI

Housing, schools and community. Start with the figures, then follow the evidence.

Census figures: ACS 2020–2024 · Estimates, not current listings · 90% margins shown

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Explore Census tract population, housing, income and demographics near the city’s representative point. Tracts are statistical areas, separate from named neighborhoods.

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Community · ACS 2020–2024

Who lives here

Census population groups ↗

Hispanic or Latino includes any race. All other groups below are non-Hispanic, so these eight groups do not overlap. These are estimates, not measures of belonging or a place’s quality.

White57.5%± 1.2 pp
Hispanic or Latino16.3%± 0.9 pp
Asian2.8%± 0.4 pp
Two or more races5.0%± 0.6 pp
Another race0.6%± 0.2 pp
More community measures & sources

Margins are 90% confidence estimates in percentage points. Language measures cover people age 5 and over; household and housing measures have their own denominators. See each metric definition.

Public schools

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Schools around Grand RapidsCheck a home addressNCES directory ↗

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Public safety · reporting context

Reported crime

Reported violent crime8.9per 1,000 reporting-area residents
Reported property crime23.2per 1,000 reporting-area residents

2025 city report · 12 reported months · reporting population 200,467. The police reporting area may differ from the Census place. Reported crime does not describe all harms or produce an overall safety score.

FBI Crime Data Explorer · Table 8 ↗
Everyday places · IMLS FY 2024

Public libraries nearby

Up to 12 recorded library buildings within 5 straight-line miles of Grand Rapids’s Census place point. Check current hours before visiting. The center point is a reference for distance, not a home address.

Annual public-use survey; excludes reported temporary closures, bookmobiles and coarse location matches. Coordinates may be approximate. Postal addresses do not establish city or neighborhood membership.

IMLS Public Libraries Survey ↗
Original reporting

In the news

Headlines link to the original publisher. Publication dates come from the publisher’s feed. A place-name mention is not an independently verified incident location.

Selected reporting from Michigan Advance. Place results require a headline mention; state results cover the broader state. Accepted headlines are retained for up to 90 days from publication. Retention began September 2026 and does not establish a complete archive.

Feeds are checked twice daily. How updates work

Feed checked 9/7/2026, 8:20:33 PM UTC

Sources, selection & reuse

This first collection uses States Newsroom’s permitted publisher feeds. It covers selected state policy reporting, not all local outlets. Items explicitly categorized as opinion or commentary are excluded; this is a source filter, not a guarantee of neutrality. No generated summary, safety score or sentiment score is added.

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