Metro · Density Score
Lansing, MI
Metro area in Michigan
36 Combined score #68 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 55 #43 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 23 #80 of 109
Lansing ranks #68 overall, #80 in Startup & VC and #43 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #5 of 109: 701 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #18 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 4.1%
- #60 of 109: +3.1 net migration of 25–44 year olds per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $0.50M #94 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.68 #69 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.06 #71 of 102
- GDP per person
- $71K #82 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 16 #77 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 701 #5 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 4.1% #18 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +3.1 #60 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Jackson Financial Inc. $6.7B
- Dart Container $3.0B
- Neogen Corporation $870M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
