Grass Lake vs Napoleon

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

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

Grass Lake has the higher population (1,235 vs 969 in Napoleon). Grass Lake has the higher median household income ($74,306 vs $50,722 in Napoleon). Grass Lake has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $123,500 in Napoleon).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Lake	Napoleon
Population	1,235	969
Median age	32.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,306	$50,722
Median home value	$199,400	$123,500
Median gross rent	$954	$872
Housing units	569	537
Homeownership rate	77.3%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Lake	Napoleon
Population	1,230 → 1,235 (+0.4%)	975 → 969 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$67,619 → $74,306 (+9.9%)	$35,083 → $50,722 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $199,400 (+27.9%)	$60,200 → $123,500 (+105.1%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $954 (+14.5%)	$689 → $872 (+26.6%)

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

Napoleon

Population

975969

Median household income

$35,083$50,722

Median home value

$60,200$123,500

Median gross rent

$689$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Lake	Napoleon
Under 5	9.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	0.8%
25 to 34	22.6%	22.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.6%
75 and over	6.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Lake	Napoleon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Lake	Napoleon
No high school diploma	1.3%	22.6%
High school graduate	29.6%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Lake	Napoleon
Drove alone	75.5%	90.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	6.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Lake	Napoleon
1-unit, detached	74.5%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	Grass Lake	Napoleon
Poverty rate	6.2%	21.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	44
Median year structure built	1954	1979