Fennville vs Plainwell

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

Fennville 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 1,880 in Fennville). Plainwell has the higher median household income ($65,846 vs $65,268 in Fennville). Plainwell has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $128,900 in Fennville).

Population, income & housing

	Fennville	Plainwell
Population	1,880	3,764
Median age	26.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,268	$65,846
Median home value	$128,900	$191,100
Median gross rent	$791	$860
Housing units	684	1,531
Homeownership rate	63.3%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fennville	Plainwell
Population	1,876 → 1,880 (+0.2%)	3,785 → 3,764 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$52,850 → $65,268 (+23.5%)	$59,449 → $65,846 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $128,900 (+31.7%)	$131,400 → $191,100 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $791 (+6.7%)	$687 → $860 (+25.2%)

Fennville

Population

1,8761,880

Median household income

$52,850$65,268

Median home value

$97,900$128,900

Median gross rent

$741$791

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)

	Fennville	Plainwell
Under 5	7.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	13.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	20.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	19.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	13.3%
75 and over	1.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fennville	Plainwell
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fennville	Plainwell
No high school diploma	19.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	51.7%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fennville	Plainwell
Drove alone	80.6%	81.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	6.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	4.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fennville	Plainwell
1-unit, detached	52.0%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	5.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Fennville	Plainwell
Poverty rate	24.3%	11.7%
Average household size	3.08	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1974	1965