Fennville vs Saugatuck

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

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

Fennville has the higher population (1,880 vs 751 in Saugatuck). Saugatuck has the higher median household income ($118,309 vs $65,268 in Fennville). Saugatuck has the higher median home value ($619,400 vs $128,900 in Fennville).

Population, income & housing

	Fennville	Saugatuck
Population	1,880	751
Median age	26.9 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,268	$118,309
Median home value	$128,900	$619,400
Median gross rent	$791	$505
Housing units	684	967
Homeownership rate	63.3%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	75.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fennville	Saugatuck
Population	1,876 → 1,880 (+0.2%)	850 → 751 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$52,850 → $65,268 (+23.5%)	$68,063 → $118,309 (+73.8%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $128,900 (+31.7%)	$420,700 → $619,400 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $791 (+6.7%)	$475 → $505 (+6.3%)

Fennville

Population

1,8761,880

Median household income

$52,850$65,268

Median home value

$97,900$128,900

Median gross rent

$741$791

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)

	Fennville	Saugatuck
Under 5	7.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	22.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	13.3%	0.4%
25 to 34	20.1%	3.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	22.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	19.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	17.6%
75 and over	1.0%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fennville	Saugatuck
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fennville	Saugatuck
No high school diploma	19.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	51.7%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	51.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fennville	Saugatuck
Drove alone	80.6%	52.6%
Carpooled	11.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	6.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	30.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fennville	Saugatuck
1-unit, detached	52.0%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	13.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fennville	Saugatuck
Poverty rate	24.3%	11.6%
Average household size	3.08	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	57
Median year structure built	1974	1978