Dimondale vs Potterville

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

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

Potterville has the higher population (3,065 vs 1,582 in Dimondale). Dimondale has the higher median household income ($112,333 vs $62,054 in Potterville). Dimondale has the higher median home value ($220,500 vs $125,400 in Potterville).

Population, income & housing

	Dimondale	Potterville
Population	1,582	3,065
Median age	44.0 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,333	$62,054
Median home value	$220,500	$125,400
Median gross rent	$876	$954
Housing units	594	1,303
Homeownership rate	87.3%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dimondale	Potterville
Population	1,370 → 1,582 (+15.5%)	2,713 → 3,065 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $112,333 (+41.5%)	$56,225 → $62,054 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $220,500 (+38.6%)	$97,400 → $125,400 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $876 (+20.3%)	$815 → $954 (+17.1%)

Dimondale

Population

1,3701,582

Median household income

$79,375$112,333

Median home value

$159,100$220,500

Median gross rent

$728$876

Potterville

Population

2,7133,065

Median household income

$56,225$62,054

Median home value

$97,400$125,400

Median gross rent

$815$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dimondale	Potterville
Under 5	3.1%	9.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	18.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	16.8%	6.4%
75 and over	6.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dimondale	Potterville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	83.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dimondale	Potterville
No high school diploma	3.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	19.1%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dimondale	Potterville
Drove alone	79.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dimondale	Potterville
1-unit, detached	89.1%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	11.9%
20 or more units	5.4%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Dimondale	Potterville
Poverty rate	7.5%	14.0%
Average household size	2.72	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1968	1994