Eastwood vs Kalamazoo

A side-by-side comparison of Eastwood and Kalamazoo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kalamazoo has the higher population (73,132 vs 6,704 in Eastwood). Eastwood has the higher median household income ($50,054 vs $48,965 in Kalamazoo). Kalamazoo has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $133,800 in Eastwood).

Population, income & housing

	Eastwood	Kalamazoo
Population	6,704	73,132
Median age	33.2 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,054	$48,965
Median home value	$133,800	$164,500
Median gross rent	$1,028	$1,031
Housing units	3,088	32,579
Homeownership rate	58.1%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastwood	Kalamazoo
Population	5,656 → 6,704 (+18.5%)	76,019 → 73,132 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$51,418 → $50,054 (-2.7%)	$41,774 → $48,965 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $133,800 (+63.6%)	$106,600 → $164,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,028 (+14.9%)	$795 → $1,031 (+29.7%)

Eastwood

Population

5,6566,704

Median household income

$51,418$50,054

Median home value

$81,800$133,800

Median gross rent

$895$1,028

Kalamazoo

Population

76,01973,132

Median household income

$41,774$48,965

Median home value

$106,600$164,500

Median gross rent

$795$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastwood	Kalamazoo
Under 5	9.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	27.6%
25 to 34	18.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.6%
75 and over	3.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastwood	Kalamazoo
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	60.2%
Black or African American	27.6%	21.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastwood	Kalamazoo
No high school diploma	11.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastwood	Kalamazoo
Drove alone	78.1%	74.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	7.1%
Public transit	1.9%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastwood	Kalamazoo
1-unit, detached	66.8%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	17.8%
20 or more units	9.8%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Eastwood	Kalamazoo
Poverty rate	11.3%	27.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1955	1959