City safety & data profile

LansingMI

Lansing, MI is a 113K-resident city in Ingham County with a median household income of $54,382.

Ingham County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lansing, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lansing has a population larger than 94% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $128,700, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

113K
Population (place)
Top 6%
By size
$54,382
Median income (place)
$128,700
Median home (place)
20.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lansing

Lansing posts a median household income higher than 14% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Lansing area.

Bottom 15%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Lansing

Where Lansing income ranks nationally

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

$54,382 Bottom 14% higher than 14% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

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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 Lansing, MI beyond the headline numbers

Lansing sits inside Ingham County, Michigan, at roughly 42.73°N, -84.56°W. Population 112,644, $54,382 median household income. Median home value $128,700, median rent $993. Poverty rate 20.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Lansing, 3/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

20.1% of Lansing, 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.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Lansing runs about 2.4 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

14.8% of Lansing workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.4% in Lansing, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

3.1% of Lansing workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Lansing's median age is 33.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lansing 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)
112,644
Lansing · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$54,382
-39% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$128,700
-69% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Ingham County): Lansing'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
284K+1%
Median Income
$65,526+45%
Median Home Value
$198,800+65%
Poverty Rate
16.7%-24%
Unemployment
6.2%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lansing, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$993/mo
Poverty Rate
20.1% +62% vs avg
Unemployment 8.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 30.2%
Work From Home 14.8%
Public Transit 3.1%

Population

White 53.9%
African American 22.2%
Asian 5.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
39.9%
Short Sleep Duration
38.1%
High Blood Pressure
35.8%
Physical Inactivity
26.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.6%
Current Smoking
16.8%
Binge Drinking
16.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.5%
Current Asthma
12.4%
Diabetes
12.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.3%
Annual Checkup 78.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.1%
Stroke
3.5%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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2
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
2
MCLAREN GREATER LANSING
LANSING · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL
LANSING · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Lansing?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-LANSING-MI · Lansing

Lansing: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Lansing, MI? ▼
Lansing, MI has a population of 112,644 people, located in Ingham County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Lansing? ▼
The median household income in Lansing, MI is $54,382 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.1%.
What is the median home value in Lansing? ▼
The median home value in Lansing, MI is $128,700. Median rent is $993/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lansing? ▼
The top health indicators in Lansing include Obesity (39.9%), Short Sleep Duration (38.1%), High Blood Pressure (35.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Lansing? ▼
Lansing has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Lansing? ▼
The median age in Lansing, MI is 33.7 years. 30.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (20.1% here).

Fresno, CA 20.1% Pittsburgh, PA 20.1% Florence-Graham, CA 20.1% Gainesville, GA 20.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($54,382 here).

Carrollton, GA $54,379 Winchester, KY $54,378 Waco, TX $54,365 Bucyrus, OH $54,349

Compare Lansing 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

Waverly, MI 24K East Lansing, MI 48K Holt, MI 24K Okemos, MI 21K Haslett, MI 19K Owosso, MI 15K Jackson, MI 33K Ionia, MI 11K
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Using Lansing'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 Lansing area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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  • Compare Lansing 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 (Ingham 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.