City safety & data profile

KalamazooMI

Kalamazoo, MI is a 76K-resident city in Kalamazoo County with a median household income of $52,272.

Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Kalamazoo, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Kalamazoo has a population larger than 89% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $179,000, and 4 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

76K
Population (place)
Top 11%
By size
$52,272
Median income (place)
$179,000
Median home (place)
24.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo posts a median household income higher than 12% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 4 hospitals serve the Kalamazoo area.

Bottom 13%
by median income, US cities
4
hospitals in & near Kalamazoo

Where Kalamazoo income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$52,272 Bottom 12% higher than 12% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Kalamazoo $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MI

Population among 105 MI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Detroit is the largest MI city on this list; Beverly Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MI

Median household income among the same 105-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Beverly Hills posts the highest place-level median income in MI; Detroit is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Kalamazoo, MI beyond the headline numbers

Kalamazoo sits inside Kalamazoo County, Michigan, at roughly 42.29°N, -85.59°W. Population 76,041, $52,272 median household income. Median home value $179,000, median rent $1,078. Poverty rate 24.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

4 hospitals in/around Kalamazoo, 3.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

24.9% of Kalamazoo, MI residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Kalamazoo costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 9.8% of Kalamazoo workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 23% in Kalamazoo, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

2.3% of Kalamazoo workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Kalamazoo's median age is 26.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Kalamazoo from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
76,041
Kalamazoo · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$52,272
-42% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$179,000
-57% vs avg
Median Age (place)
26.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Kalamazoo County): Kalamazoo's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
262K+4%
Median Income
$72,532+58%
Median Home Value
$241,800+77%
Poverty Rate
12.7%-34%
Unemployment
5.5%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Kalamazoo, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,078/mo
Poverty Rate
24.9% +101% vs avg
Unemployment 6.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 38.5%
Work From Home 9.8%
Public Transit 2.3%

Population

White 61.9%
African American 22.5%
Asian 3%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
41.8%
Short Sleep Duration
31.8%
High Blood Pressure
31.3%
Physical Inactivity
28.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
23%
Binge Drinking
17.3%
Current Smoking
16.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.6%
Current Asthma
12.8%
Diabetes
10.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.4%
Annual Checkup 77.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Stroke
3.3%

Hospitals 4 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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Average Rating
3.5/5
Total Hospitals
4
With ER
2
BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL
KALAMAZOO · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER
KALAMAZOO · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Kalamazoo?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Kalamazoo right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet MI-KALAMAZOO · Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Kalamazoo

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Kalamazoo.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Kalamazoo; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Kalamazoo, MI? ▼
Kalamazoo, MI has a population of 76,041 people, located in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Kalamazoo? ▼
The median household income in Kalamazoo, MI is $52,272 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 24.9%.
What is the median home value in Kalamazoo? ▼
The median home value in Kalamazoo, MI is $179,000. Median rent is $1,078/month.
What are the top health concerns in Kalamazoo? ▼
The top health indicators in Kalamazoo include Obesity (41.8%), Short Sleep Duration (31.8%), High Blood Pressure (31.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Kalamazoo? ▼
Kalamazoo has 4 hospitals with an average rating of 3.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Kalamazoo? ▼
The median age in Kalamazoo, MI is 26.9 years. 38.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Kalamazoo, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (24.9% here).

DeKalb, IL 24.9% Chalmette, LA 24.9% Albemarle, NC 24.9% Bellmead, TX 24.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($52,272 here).

Oroville, CA $52,270 Barberton, OH $52,267 Pascagoula, MS $52,222 Hagerstown, MD $52,221

Compare Kalamazoo with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Portage, MI 48K Battle Creek, MI 52K Sturgis, MI 11K Cutlerville, MI 14K Kentwood, MI 51K Wyoming, MI 75K Grandville, MI 16K Jenison, MI 17K
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Using Kalamazoo's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Kalamazoo area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Kalamazoo against Michigan peers on any ranking lens. Explore Michigan

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Kalamazoo County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.