COMPARING TWO PLACES
White Cloud vs Big Rapids
PLACE A
White Cloud, Kansas
VS
PLACE B
Big Rapids, Michigan
White Cloud is 99% smaller than Big Rapids. White Cloud earns more, with a median household income $3,173 higher. Big Rapids has grown faster since 2000 (-27% vs -35%).
WHITE CLOUDBIG RAPIDSDIFFERENCE
Total population1188,623−99% vs Big Rapids
Population density1631,940−1,777
Population growth-34.7%-27.1%−7.5 pts
Median age38.522.9+15.6
Male53.0%52.3%+0.7 pts
Female47.0%47.7%−0.7 pts
Foreign-born0.0%0.9%−0.9 pts
White, non-Hispanic77.8%86.4%−8.7 pts
Black4.3%5.9%−1.6 pts
Hispanic / Latino3.4%2.7%+0.7 pts
Asian0.0%1.2%−1.2 pts
Other14.5%3.8%+10.8 pts
Median household income$47,031$43,858+$3,173
Per capita income$22,931$23,446−$515
Poverty rate16.2%34.1%−17.9 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.3110.479−0.2
Bachelor's degree or higher16.0%26.9%−10.9 pts
Graduate degree12.0%7.9%+4.1 pts
Unemployment rate5.8%4.3%+1.4 pts
Labor force participation57.1%65.2%−8.0 pts
Median home value$92,100$156,400−$64,300
Median gross rent$510$929−$419
Owner-occupied62.8%41.5%+21.3 pts
Housing vacancy rate52.7%13.2%+39.5 pts
Rent-burdened households18.8%50.0%−31.3 pts
Average commute26.014.9+11.1
Worked from home0.0%9.0%−9.0 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.5%−0.5 pts
Uninsured9.4%6.2%+3.2 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025