Lansing vs Okemos

A side-by-side comparison of Lansing and Okemos: population, income, housing, and more.

Lansing and Okemos are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lansing has the higher population (112,546 vs 25,503 in Okemos). Okemos has the higher median household income ($97,603 vs $52,170 in Lansing). Okemos has the higher median home value ($336,800 vs $119,400 in Lansing).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Okemos
Population	112,546	25,503
Median age	33.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,170	$97,603
Median home value	$119,400	$336,800
Median gross rent	$976	$1,250
Housing units	55,628	11,025
Homeownership rate	53.9%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Okemos
Population	117,159 → 112,546 (-3.9%)	24,141 → 25,503 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$41,674 → $52,170 (+25.2%)	$78,600 → $97,603 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $119,400 (+43.0%)	$243,200 → $336,800 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $976 (+19.2%)	$989 → $1,250 (+26.4%)

Lansing

Population

117,159112,546

Median household income

$41,674$52,170

Median home value

$83,500$119,400

Median gross rent

$819$976

Okemos

Population

24,14125,503

Median household income

$78,600$97,603

Median home value

$243,200$336,800

Median gross rent

$989$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Okemos
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	15.2%
25 to 34	18.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.4%
75 and over	4.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Okemos
White (non-Hispanic)	51.3%	62.5%
Black or African American	22.7%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	5.3%	19.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Okemos
No high school diploma	10.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	42.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Okemos
Drove alone	67.3%	66.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	6.4%
Public transit	3.3%	2.5%
Walked	2.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.2%	19.5%
Other means	1.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Okemos
1-unit, detached	62.5%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	16.1%
20 or more units	10.1%	20.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Okemos
Poverty rate	19.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1960	1984