Allen vs North Adams

A side-by-side comparison of Allen and North Adams: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Adams has the higher population (480 vs 212 in Allen). Allen has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $54,250 in North Adams). Allen has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $99,000 in North Adams).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	North Adams
Population	212	480
Median age	47.0 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$54,250
Median home value	$121,400	$99,000
Median gross rent	—	$990
Housing units	102	219
Homeownership rate	91.1%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	24.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	North Adams
Population	289 → 212 (-26.6%)	566 → 480 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$43,000 → $61,667 (+43.4%)	$47,045 → $54,250 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $121,400 (+57.9%)	$78,200 → $99,000 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $519 (-14.2%)	$775 → $990 (+27.7%)

Allen

Population

289212

Median household income

$43,000$61,667

Median home value

$76,900$121,400

Median gross rent

$605$519

North Adams

Population

566480

Median household income

$47,045$54,250

Median home value

$78,200$99,000

Median gross rent

$775$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	North Adams
Under 5	7.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	17.1%
45 to 54	17.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.5%
75 and over	9.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	North Adams
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	North Adams
No high school diploma	29.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	36.6%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	North Adams
Drove alone	78.2%	84.0%
Carpooled	19.2%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	North Adams
1-unit, detached	82.4%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allen	North Adams
Poverty rate	29.2%	10.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938