Grawn vs Traverse City

A side-by-side comparison of Grawn and Traverse City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Traverse City has the higher population (15,491 vs 824 in Grawn). Traverse City has the higher median household income ($71,731 vs $57,386 in Grawn). Traverse City has the higher median home value ($367,600 vs $120,200 in Grawn).

Population, income & housing

	Grawn	Traverse City
Population	824	15,491
Median age	37.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,386	$71,731
Median home value	$120,200	$367,600
Median gross rent	—	$983
Housing units	369	8,583
Homeownership rate	75.8%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grawn	Traverse City
Population	912 → 824 (-9.6%)	15,570 → 15,491 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $57,386 (+2.0%)	$57,076 → $71,731 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$122,600 → $120,200 (-2.0%)	$266,100 → $367,600 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$905 → $983 (+8.6%)

Grawn

Population

912824

Median household income

$56,250$57,386

Median home value

$122,600$120,200

Traverse City

Population

15,57015,491

Median household income

$57,076$71,731

Median home value

$266,100$367,600

Median gross rent

$905$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grawn	Traverse City
Under 5	6.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	4.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	14.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	20.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	3.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	30.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	2.1%	15.0%
75 and over	7.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grawn	Traverse City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grawn	Traverse City
No high school diploma	13.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grawn	Traverse City
Drove alone	91.0%	59.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.9%
Worked from home	2.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grawn	Traverse City
1-unit, detached	78.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Grawn	Traverse City
Poverty rate	18.3%	9.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1979	1960