Comstock Park vs East Grand Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Comstock Park and East Grand Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Grand Rapids has the higher population (11,394 vs 10,306 in Comstock Park). East Grand Rapids has the higher median household income ($168,487 vs $54,871 in Comstock Park). East Grand Rapids has the higher median home value ($488,500 vs $216,600 in Comstock Park).

Population, income & housing

	Comstock Park	East Grand Rapids
Population	10,306	11,394
Median age	33.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,871	$168,487
Median home value	$216,600	$488,500
Median gross rent	$1,070	$1,845
Housing units	4,511	3,895
Homeownership rate	52.7%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	82.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comstock Park	East Grand Rapids
Population	10,306 → 10,306 (+0.0%)	11,759 → 11,394 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$46,677 → $54,871 (+17.6%)	$144,922 → $168,487 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $216,600 (+42.4%)	$374,000 → $488,500 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,070 (+30.3%)	$1,511 → $1,845 (+22.1%)

Comstock Park

Population

10,30610,306

Median household income

$46,677$54,871

Median home value

$152,100$216,600

Median gross rent

$821$1,070

East Grand Rapids

Population

11,75911,394

Median household income

$144,922$168,487

Median home value

$374,000$488,500

Median gross rent

$1,511$1,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comstock Park	East Grand Rapids
Under 5	6.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	25.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	2.9%
25 to 34	19.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	7.9%
75 and over	8.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comstock Park	East Grand Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comstock Park	East Grand Rapids
No high school diploma	12.7%	0.7%
High school graduate	26.5%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comstock Park	East Grand Rapids
Drove alone	79.0%	66.9%
Carpooled	13.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	0.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.6%	23.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comstock Park	East Grand Rapids
1-unit, detached	41.1%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	33.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Comstock Park	East Grand Rapids
Poverty rate	11.6%	3.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1986	1954