Grass Lake vs Jackson

A side-by-side comparison of Grass Lake and Jackson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jackson has the higher population (31,206 vs 1,235 in Grass Lake). Grass Lake has the higher median household income ($74,306 vs $42,848 in Jackson). Grass Lake has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $94,700 in Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Lake	Jackson
Population	1,235	31,206
Median age	32.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,306	$42,848
Median home value	$199,400	$94,700
Median gross rent	$954	$874
Housing units	569	14,811
Homeownership rate	77.3%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Lake	Jackson
Population	1,230 → 1,235 (+0.4%)	32,673 → 31,206 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$67,619 → $74,306 (+9.9%)	$35,464 → $42,848 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $199,400 (+27.9%)	$68,400 → $94,700 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $954 (+14.5%)	$739 → $874 (+18.3%)

Grass Lake

Population

1,2301,235

Median household income

$67,619$74,306

Median home value

$155,900$199,400

Median gross rent

$833$954

Jackson

Population

32,67331,206

Median household income

$35,464$42,848

Median home value

$68,400$94,700

Median gross rent

$739$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Lake	Jackson
Under 5	9.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	22.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.3%
75 and over	6.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Lake	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	63.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	20.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Lake	Jackson
No high school diploma	1.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	29.6%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Lake	Jackson
Drove alone	75.5%	76.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	2.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.0%	6.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Lake	Jackson
1-unit, detached	74.5%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Grass Lake	Jackson
Poverty rate	6.2%	25.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1954	1938