Demographics of Warren city, Michigan

Warren city, Michigan had 137,138 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −2,065 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Warren city, in four figures

137,138
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 137,928 ±52.; −1.5%
Change since July 2020: −2,065 people.; 38.3 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $64,016 ±$2,638
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Warren city, Michigan's population shrank 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Warren city, Michigan's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Warren city, Michigan's population shrank 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Warren city, Michigan's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	139,203	100.0	100.0
2021	138,355	99.4	100.2
2022	137,178	98.5	100.7
2023	136,870	98.3	101.6
2024	137,132	98.5	102.5
2025	137,138	98.5	103.1

Population of Warren city, Michigan on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	139,203	—
2021	138,355	−848
2022	137,178	−1,177
2023	136,870	−308
2024	137,132	+262
2025	137,138	+6

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.3 ±1.0: for men 37.4 ±0.9 and for women 39.2 ±1.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Warren city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Michigan	United States
Under 5	8,509 ±793	6.2% ±0.6	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	21,705 ±1,210	15.7% ±0.9	15.9% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	10,350 ±757	7.5% ±0.5	9.2% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	40,219 ±1,403	29.2% ±1.0	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	34,434 ±1,338	25.0% ±1.0	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	22,711 ±1,113	16.5% ±0.8	18.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $64,016 ±$2,638, and income per person $33,015 ±$1,094, in 2024 dollars. The median is $72,875 ±$293 in Michigan and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Warren city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Michigan	United States
Under $25,000	9,301 ±748	17.0% ±1.3	15.8% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	11,404 ±830	20.8% ±1.5	18.7% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	11,225 ±882	20.5% ±1.6	16.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	7,180 ±621	13.1% ±1.1	13.2% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	9,220 ±736	16.8% ±1.3	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	3,794 ±489	6.9% ±0.9	8.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	2,620 ±420	4.8% ±0.8	9.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Warren city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Michigan	United States
All ages	20,209 ±1,665	14.8% ±1.2	13.2% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	6,447 ±870	21.5% ±2.6	17.6% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	9,858 ±949	13.0% ±1.2	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3,904 ±446	12.5% ±1.3	10.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Warren city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Warren city	Michigan	United States
Housing units	57,958 ±876	4,622,236 ±795	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.5% ±0.6	88.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	5.5% ±0.9	11.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	71.1% ±1.5	73.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	28.9% ±1.4	26.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$193,400 ±$3,572	$231,600 ±$642	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,225 ±$27	$1,129 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1965 ±1	1972 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Warren city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Michigan	United States
Hispanic or Latino	3,364 ±782	2.4% ±0.6	5.9% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	79,966 ±2,272	58.0% ±1.6	72.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	30,049 ±1,778	21.8% ±1.3	13.1% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	17,521 ±1,422	12.7% ±1.0	3.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	88 to 274	0.1% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 27	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	223 to 805	0.2% to 0.6%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	6,333 ±952	4.6% ±0.7	4.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Warren city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Michigan	United States
Born in the state	103,288 ±1,795	74.9% ±1.3	76.0% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	13,849 ±1,056	10.0% ±0.8	16.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,117 ±245	0.8% ±0.2	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	19,674 ±1,405	14.3% ±1.0	7.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	14,246 ±1,229	10.3% ±0.9	4.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	5,428 ±783	3.9% ±0.6	3.1% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Warren city among the places of Michigan

3rd of 179 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Michigan page.

Places of Michigan near Warren city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Detroit city	638,530 ±62
Grand Rapids city	198,535 ±81
Warren city	137,928 ±52
Sterling Heights city	133,573 ±37
Ann Arbor city	122,036 ±55
Lansing city	113,023 ±114
Dearborn city	107,423 ±44
Livonia city	93,851 ±87

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Warren city, Michigan

Rankings this appears in

No. 15 Places in Michigan by foreign-born share
No. 30 Places in Michigan by median rent
No. 36 Places in Michigan by homeownership rate
No. 42 Places in Michigan by poverty rate
No. 50 Places in Michigan by median age
No. 67 Places in Michigan by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026