Allegan vs Plainwell

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

Allegan and Plainwell 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 3,764 in Plainwell). Plainwell has the higher median household income ($65,846 vs $42,261 in Allegan). Plainwell has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $161,100 in Allegan).

Population, income & housing

	Allegan	Plainwell
Population	5,182	3,764
Median age	32.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,261	$65,846
Median home value	$161,100	$191,100
Median gross rent	$1,024	$860
Housing units	2,031	1,531
Homeownership rate	67.2%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegan	Plainwell
Population	5,036 → 5,182 (+2.9%)	3,785 → 3,764 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$45,722 → $42,261 (-7.6%)	$59,449 → $65,846 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$122,100 → $161,100 (+31.9%)	$131,400 → $191,100 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,024 (+22.6%)	$687 → $860 (+25.2%)

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

Plainwell

Population

3,7853,764

Median household income

$59,449$65,846

Median home value

$131,400$191,100

Median gross rent

$687$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegan	Plainwell
Under 5	7.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	17.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	6.5%	19.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.3%
75 and over	5.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegan	Plainwell
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	83.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegan	Plainwell
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	41.5%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegan	Plainwell
Drove alone	79.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.8%
Public transit	0.3%	1.8%
Walked	3.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegan	Plainwell
1-unit, detached	70.4%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Allegan	Plainwell
Poverty rate	15.1%	11.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1944	1965