Kalamazoo is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Kalamazoo enrolled in college, Kalamazoo has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Not only is Kalamazoo a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, shaping the character of the city into a place that is geared toward, and considered attractive to, many single, educated people. Many singles consider Kalamazoo a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.
The citizens of Kalamazoo are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.05% of adults in Kalamazoo have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kalamazoo in 2022 was $27,514, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,056 for a family of four. However, Kalamazoo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kalamazoo is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kalamazoo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kalamazoo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kalamazoo include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Kalamazoo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
