Comstock Northwest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Comstock Northwest had a population of 5,562.
Geography
The CDP is in the northwest portion of Comstock Charter Township, just northeast of Kalamazoo. It also includes a small sliver of land in northeast Kalamazoo Charter Township between the city of Kalamazoo and Comstock Charter Township. The CDP is bordered to the west by Kalamazoo and to the southwest by unincorporated Eastwood.
M-343 is the main highway through the community. It leads southwest to the center of Kalamazoo and northeast to Richland.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Comstock Northwest CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.54%, are water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Comstock Northwest had a population of 5,562. The median age was 38.1 years. 17.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.2 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 2,669 households in Comstock Northwest, of which 19.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 35.2% were married-couple households, 23.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 41.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.