Grand Rapids vs Wyoming

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Rapids and Wyoming: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Rapids has the higher population (197,768 vs 76,865 in Wyoming). Wyoming has the higher median household income ($72,163 vs $65,526 in Grand Rapids). Grand Rapids has the higher median home value ($225,500 vs $203,900 in Wyoming).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Rapids	Wyoming
Population	197,768	76,865
Median age	32.1 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,526	$72,163
Median home value	$225,500	$203,900
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,141
Housing units	85,145	30,290
Homeownership rate	54.6%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Rapids	Wyoming
Population	198,401 → 197,768 (-0.3%)	75,702 → 76,865 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$50,103 → $65,526 (+30.8%)	$54,328 → $72,163 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $225,500 (+57.3%)	$127,700 → $203,900 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,191 (+28.8%)	$871 → $1,141 (+31.0%)

Grand Rapids

Population

198,401197,768

Median household income

$50,103$65,526

Median home value

$143,400$225,500

Median gross rent

$925$1,191

Wyoming

Population

75,70276,865

Median household income

$54,328$72,163

Median home value

$127,700$203,900

Median gross rent

$871$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Rapids	Wyoming
Under 5	6.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	13.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	20.5%	18.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.1%
75 and over	5.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Rapids	Wyoming
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	58.6%
Black or African American	17.4%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Rapids	Wyoming
No high school diploma	11.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	21.7%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Rapids	Wyoming
Drove alone	69.3%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	11.9%
Public transit	3.1%	2.3%
Walked	4.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.3%	8.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Rapids	Wyoming
1-unit, detached	56.6%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	13.6%
20 or more units	14.2%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Grand Rapids	Wyoming
Poverty rate	18.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1953	1969