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East Lansing city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
East Lansing city is a Census city of 45,758 people across 13.43 square miles of land, lying across Ingham County and Clinton County. Median household income is $45,687, 38.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 65 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $31.6 m.
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East Lansing
What East Lansing is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.43 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,407
- County holding the largest share of its areaIngham County, 74.6 percent
- Counties this place lies inIngham County 74.6 percent, Clinton County 25.4 percent
East Lansing city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Lansing
How many people live in East Lansing
- Population45,758
- Median age21.3
- Population under 184,220
- Share under 189.2 percent
- Population 65 and over4,105
- Share 65 and over9.0 percent
- Households13,850
- Family households4,783
- Share of households that are families34.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Lansing
Income and work in East Lansing
- Median household income$45,687
- Per capita income$30,335
- Civilian labor force23,017
- Employed21,503
- Unemployed1,514 plus or minus 358
- Unemployment rate6.6 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over14,765
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher66.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree39.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Lansing
Housing in East Lansing
- Housing units15,638
- Occupied units13,850
- Vacant units1,788
- Vacancy rate11.4 percent
- Owner occupied5,339
- Renter occupied8,511
- Ownership rate38.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$270,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,171
- Annual rent as a share of median income30.8 percent
- Single family units6,692
- Share single family42.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more8,925
- Share in buildings of two or more57.1 percent
- Mobile homes21 plus or minus 23
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Lansing
How East Lansing gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute16,549
- Commuting under 15 minutes7,976
- Share commuting under 15 minutes48.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,144
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more13.0 percent
- Drove alone47.7 percent
- Carpooled4.8 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Public transport4.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked16.6 percent
- Worked from home21.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Lansing
SBA loans in East Lansing (7(a))
- Approvals65
- Gross approval$31,619,400
- Average approval$486,452
- Median approval$188,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,300,000
- Largest approval$3,822,500
- Jobs supported738
- Jobs per approval11.4
- Loans with a final outcome15
- Paid in full14
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans6.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.7 percent
- Share to franchises12.3 percent
- Distinct lenders22
- Distinct industries by NAICS37
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Lansing
SBA loans in East Lansing (504)
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$3,480,000
- Average approval$316,364
- Median approval$274,000
- Largest approval$1,026,000
- Jobs supported46
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Lansing
Flood risk in East Lansing
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260089
- Currently effective map date08/16/11
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Ingham County, not East Lansing
Ingham County context, not East Lansing figures
These are Ingham County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as East Lansing measurements.
- Establishments in Ingham County6,160
- Employment at those establishments, Ingham County111,995
- Covered employment, Ingham County155,500
- Average annual pay, Ingham County$68,532
- Average weekly wage, Ingham County$1,318
- Housing units permitted, Ingham County377
- Of those, single family, Ingham County191
- County product, 2024, Ingham County$23,568,547,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ingham County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ingham County$50,440
Every figure in this section is published for Ingham County as a whole and is not a measurement of East Lansing. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
East Lansing questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East Lansing, Michigan?
45,758, in 13,850 households. East Lansing city covers 13.43 square miles of land, which is 3,407 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East Lansing in?
East Lansing lies in more than one. By area it is 74.6 percent in Ingham County, 25.4 percent in Clinton County. This page sits under Ingham County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in East Lansing?
$45,687. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $270,800. Median gross rent is $1,171 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to East Lansing businesses?
65 7(a) approvals totalling $31.6 m, across 22 lenders, median approval $188,000, plus 11 504 approvals worth $3.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in East Lansing, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to East Lansing borrowers get paid back?
Of the 15 loans that have reached a final outcome, 14 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 6.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is East Lansing in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. East Lansing appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260089, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page East Lansing figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ingham County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of East Lansing.
Is zoning published for East Lansing?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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