Douglas vs Saugatuck

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

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

Douglas has the higher population (1,295 vs 751 in Saugatuck). Saugatuck has the higher median household income ($118,309 vs $77,841 in Douglas). Saugatuck has the higher median home value ($619,400 vs $383,000 in Douglas).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas	Saugatuck
Population	1,295	751
Median age	57.7 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,841	$118,309
Median home value	$383,000	$619,400
Median gross rent	$567	$505
Housing units	1,197	967
Homeownership rate	87.1%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	75.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas	Saugatuck
Population	936 → 1,295 (+38.4%)	850 → 751 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$59,152 → $77,841 (+31.6%)	$68,063 → $118,309 (+73.8%)
Median home value	$316,700 → $383,000 (+20.9%)	$420,700 → $619,400 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $567 (-27.6%)	$475 → $505 (+6.3%)

Douglas

Population

9361,295

Median household income

$59,152$77,841

Median home value

$316,700$383,000

Median gross rent

$783$567

Saugatuck

Population

850751

Median household income

$68,063$118,309

Median home value

$420,700$619,400

Median gross rent

$475$505

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas	Saugatuck
Under 5	5.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	10.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	3.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	22.2%
55 to 64	18.9%	19.0%
65 to 74	23.1%	17.6%
75 and over	12.0%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas	Saugatuck
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas	Saugatuck
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	19.2%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	51.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas	Saugatuck
Drove alone	74.4%	52.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	4.8%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	30.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas	Saugatuck
1-unit, detached	67.2%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Douglas	Saugatuck
Poverty rate	4.4%	11.6%
Average household size	1.94	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	57
Median year structure built	1992	1978