Race, Diversity, and Ethnicity in Heartside-Downtown, Grand Rapids, MI

The map below shows majority race by area in Heartside-Downtown, as self-identified on the US census. Darker shades indicate a larger racial majority in that neighborhood. This page also contains data and maps on Heartside-Downtown racial diversity and diversity scores. Click here to scroll to diversity data.

Heartside-Downtown, Grand Rapids, MI map of race and ethnicity
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Majority race by area

The majority race in Heartside-Downtown overall is white, making up 65.4% of residents. The next most-common racial group is black at 16.6%. There are more white people in the southeast areas of the neighborhood. People who identify as black are most likely to be living in the west places. The data below shows how many people identify themselves as each of the following races, which most Americans base on their family's national origin:

Race in Heartside-Downtown

 
Self-Identified Race
Heartside-Downtown, Grand Rapids, MI Population
White
65.4%
Hispanic
6.1%
Black
16.6%
Asian
2.9%
Native American
0.0%
Other
9.0%
   

Diversity and Diversity Scores for Heartside-Downtown, Grand Rapids, MI

The map below shows diversity in Heartside-Downtown. Areas in green are more diverse, while areas in red are much less diverse. Diversity, in this case, means a mixture of people with different race and ethnicity living close to one another. For example, all-black and all-white areas in the neighborhood would both be considered lacking diversity.

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Heartside-Downtown Diversity Score

53.2

More diverse than 46% of US neighborhoods

Heartside-Downtown has a diversity score of 53.2: the chance, in percent, that two residents picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups, from ACS race counts. A place where everyone shares one group scores 0, and an even mix of the six groups in the chart above scores the maximum, 83.3. Heartside-Downtown is about average for diversity versus other US neighborhoods, more diverse than 46% of them. Within Heartside-Downtown's proper boundaries, the most diverse area is southwest Heartside-Downtown, and the least diverse areas are in southeast Heartside-Downtown.

Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2020-2024 5-year estimates (race and Hispanic origin); proprietary data mapping and analysis. Special thanks to the University of Virginia.

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