Allegan vs Fennville

A side-by-side comparison of Allegan and Fennville: population, income, housing, and more.

Allegan and Fennville are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allegan has the higher population (5,182 vs 1,880 in Fennville). Fennville has the higher median household income ($65,268 vs $42,261 in Allegan). Allegan has the higher median home value ($161,100 vs $128,900 in Fennville).

Population, income & housing

	Allegan	Fennville
Population	5,182	1,880
Median age	32.4 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,261	$65,268
Median home value	$161,100	$128,900
Median gross rent	$1,024	$791
Housing units	2,031	684
Homeownership rate	67.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegan	Fennville
Population	5,036 → 5,182 (+2.9%)	1,876 → 1,880 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$45,722 → $42,261 (-7.6%)	$52,850 → $65,268 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$122,100 → $161,100 (+31.9%)	$97,900 → $128,900 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,024 (+22.6%)	$741 → $791 (+6.7%)

Allegan

Population

5,0365,182

Median household income

$45,722$42,261

Median home value

$122,100$161,100

Median gross rent

$835$1,024

Fennville

Population

1,8761,880

Median household income

$52,850$65,268

Median home value

$97,900$128,900

Median gross rent

$741$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegan	Fennville
Under 5	7.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	22.9%
18 to 24	17.5%	13.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	20.1%
35 to 44	6.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	5.7%
75 and over	5.0%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegan	Fennville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	48.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	48.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegan	Fennville
No high school diploma	8.5%	19.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegan	Fennville
Drove alone	79.1%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegan	Fennville
1-unit, detached	70.4%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Allegan	Fennville
Poverty rate	15.1%	24.3%
Average household size	2.55	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1944	1974