Kalamazoo County vs Livingston County

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

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

Kalamazoo County has the higher population (261,437 vs 195,143 in Livingston County). Livingston County has the higher median household income ($101,315 vs $70,525 in Kalamazoo County). Livingston County has the higher median home value ($331,100 vs $227,500 in Kalamazoo County).

Population, income & housing

	Kalamazoo County	Livingston County
Population	261,437	195,143
Median age	34.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,525	$101,315
Median home value	$227,500	$331,100
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,236
Housing units	114,463	79,520
Homeownership rate	64.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalamazoo County	Livingston County
Population	262,745 → 261,437 (-0.5%)	189,754 → 195,143 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$56,511 → $70,525 (+24.8%)	$84,221 → $101,315 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$159,300 → $227,500 (+42.8%)	$247,100 → $331,100 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $1,049 (+29.2%)	$1,053 → $1,236 (+17.4%)

Kalamazoo County

Population

262,745261,437

Median household income

$56,511$70,525

Median home value

$159,300$227,500

Median gross rent

$812$1,049

Livingston County

Population

189,754195,143

Median household income

$84,221$101,315

Median home value

$247,100$331,100

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,236

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kalamazoo County	Livingston County
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	15.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.8%
75 and over	6.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalamazoo County	Livingston County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	92.8%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalamazoo County	Livingston County
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	22.5%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalamazoo County	Livingston County
Drove alone	77.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	14.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalamazoo County	Livingston County
1-unit, detached	64.1%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	9.4%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Kalamazoo County	Livingston County
Poverty rate	13.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1975	1990