Kalamazoo, MI: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Kalamazoo ( KAL-ə-mə-ZOO) is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area in southwestern Michigan, which had a population of 261,670 in 2020. One of Kalamazoo's most notable features is the Kalamazoo Mall, an outdoor pedestrian shopping mall. The city created the mall in 1959 by closing part of Burdick Street to automobile traffic, although two of the mall's four blocks have been reopened to auto traffic since 1999. Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University, a large public university, Kalamazoo College, a private liberal arts coll…

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How Kalamazoo ranks

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#80Shortest commute in MI #9Most walkable in MI #161Most educated in MI All MI rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code49001, 49003, 49004

Area code269

Living in Kalamazoo

Housing in Kalamazoo

$224K Median sale price · Redfin, May 2026

The median sale price was $224,000 in May 2026.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market14

Sale-to-list98.4%

Sold in May78

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Safety in Kalamazoo

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Safety Grade D-

Kalamazoo reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 98% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000

Kalamazoo 10.8

Michigan 4.3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Kalamazoo 29

Michigan 13

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Kalamazoo

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School Grade A-

The public schools Kalamazoo’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 83% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

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DistrictKalamazoo Public SchoolsSchools41

Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts D-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 501 students Winchell Elementary School D-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 465 students ParkwoodUpjohn Elementary School D-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 427 students Edison AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 376 students Paramount Charter Academy DElementary · Grades PK–8 · 373 students El Sol ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 368 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MI. Ratings are from neighbors.