Comstock Northwest vs Kalamazoo

A side-by-side comparison of Comstock Northwest and Kalamazoo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kalamazoo has the higher population (73,132 vs 5,190 in Comstock Northwest). Comstock Northwest has the higher median household income ($73,290 vs $48,965 in Kalamazoo). Comstock Northwest has the higher median home value ($233,100 vs $164,500 in Kalamazoo).

Population, income & housing

	Comstock Northwest	Kalamazoo
Population	5,190	73,132
Median age	35.9 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,290	$48,965
Median home value	$233,100	$164,500
Median gross rent	$1,022	$1,031
Housing units	2,734	32,579
Homeownership rate	39.0%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comstock Northwest	Kalamazoo
Population	6,318 → 5,190 (-17.9%)	76,019 → 73,132 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$56,416 → $73,290 (+29.9%)	$41,774 → $48,965 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$146,900 → $233,100 (+58.7%)	$106,600 → $164,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $1,022 (+27.0%)	$795 → $1,031 (+29.7%)

Comstock Northwest

Population

6,3185,190

Median household income

$56,416$73,290

Median home value

$146,900$233,100

Median gross rent

$805$1,022

Kalamazoo

Population

76,01973,132

Median household income

$41,774$48,965

Median home value

$106,600$164,500

Median gross rent

$795$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comstock Northwest	Kalamazoo
Under 5	4.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	13.2%	27.6%
25 to 34	18.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	4.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	18.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	6.6%
75 and over	8.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comstock Northwest	Kalamazoo
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	60.2%
Black or African American	17.3%	21.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.8%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comstock Northwest	Kalamazoo
No high school diploma	5.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comstock Northwest	Kalamazoo
Drove alone	83.0%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	2.2%
Walked	1.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.6%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comstock Northwest	Kalamazoo
1-unit, detached	40.5%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	30.5%	17.8%
20 or more units	19.8%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Comstock Northwest	Kalamazoo
Poverty rate	4.4%	27.0%
Average household size	1.97	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1993	1959