Dimondale vs Grand Ledge

A side-by-side comparison of Dimondale and Grand Ledge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Ledge has the higher population (7,797 vs 1,582 in Dimondale). Dimondale has the higher median household income ($112,333 vs $66,515 in Grand Ledge). Dimondale has the higher median home value ($220,500 vs $189,300 in Grand Ledge).

Population, income & housing

	Dimondale	Grand Ledge
Population	1,582	7,797
Median age	44.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,333	$66,515
Median home value	$220,500	$189,300
Median gross rent	$876	$944
Housing units	594	3,797
Homeownership rate	87.3%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dimondale	Grand Ledge
Population	1,370 → 1,582 (+15.5%)	7,842 → 7,797 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $112,333 (+41.5%)	$59,738 → $66,515 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $220,500 (+38.6%)	$142,400 → $189,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $876 (+20.3%)	$797 → $944 (+18.4%)

Dimondale

Population

1,3701,582

Median household income

$79,375$112,333

Median home value

$159,100$220,500

Median gross rent

$728$876

Grand Ledge

Population

7,8427,797

Median household income

$59,738$66,515

Median home value

$142,400$189,300

Median gross rent

$797$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dimondale	Grand Ledge
Under 5	3.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.1%
75 and over	6.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dimondale	Grand Ledge
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dimondale	Grand Ledge
No high school diploma	3.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	19.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dimondale	Grand Ledge
Drove alone	79.1%	79.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dimondale	Grand Ledge
1-unit, detached	89.1%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	11.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Dimondale	Grand Ledge
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.72	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1968	1973