Douglas vs Plainwell

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

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

Plainwell has the higher population (3,764 vs 1,295 in Douglas). Douglas has the higher median household income ($77,841 vs $65,846 in Plainwell). Douglas has the higher median home value ($383,000 vs $191,100 in Plainwell).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas	Plainwell
Population	1,295	3,764
Median age	57.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,841	$65,846
Median home value	$383,000	$191,100
Median gross rent	$567	$860
Housing units	1,197	1,531
Homeownership rate	87.1%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas	Plainwell
Population	936 → 1,295 (+38.4%)	3,785 → 3,764 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$59,152 → $77,841 (+31.6%)	$59,449 → $65,846 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$316,700 → $383,000 (+20.9%)	$131,400 → $191,100 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $567 (-27.6%)	$687 → $860 (+25.2%)

Douglas

Population

9361,295

Median household income

$59,152$77,841

Median home value

$316,700$383,000

Median gross rent

$783$567

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)

	Douglas	Plainwell
Under 5	5.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	19.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	18.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	23.1%	13.3%
75 and over	12.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas	Plainwell
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas	Plainwell
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	19.2%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas	Plainwell
Drove alone	74.4%	81.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	4.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas	Plainwell
1-unit, detached	67.2%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Douglas	Plainwell
Poverty rate	4.4%	11.7%
Average household size	1.94	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1992	1965