Hopkins vs Plainwell

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

Hopkins 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 794 in Hopkins). Hopkins has the higher median household income ($77,188 vs $65,846 in Plainwell). Hopkins has the higher median home value ($220,000 vs $191,100 in Plainwell).

Population, income & housing

	Hopkins	Plainwell
Population	794	3,764
Median age	31.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,188	$65,846
Median home value	$220,000	$191,100
Median gross rent	$738	$860
Housing units	265	1,531
Homeownership rate	75.5%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopkins	Plainwell
Population	885 → 794 (-10.3%)	3,785 → 3,764 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$65,455 → $77,188 (+17.9%)	$59,449 → $65,846 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $220,000 (+78.1%)	$131,400 → $191,100 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $738 (+10.1%)	$687 → $860 (+25.2%)

Hopkins

Population

885794

Median household income

$65,455$77,188

Median home value

$123,500$220,000

Median gross rent

$670$738

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)

	Hopkins	Plainwell
Under 5	6.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	17.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	19.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.3%
75 and over	3.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopkins	Plainwell
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopkins	Plainwell
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	47.3%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopkins	Plainwell
Drove alone	73.4%	81.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	10.8%
Public transit	15.9%	1.8%
Walked	1.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopkins	Plainwell
1-unit, detached	78.1%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopkins	Plainwell
Poverty rate	16.2%	11.7%
Average household size	3.00	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1943	1965