Fruitport vs Whitehall

A side-by-side comparison of Fruitport and Whitehall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitehall has the higher population (2,974 vs 1,269 in Fruitport). Fruitport has the higher median household income ($80,769 vs $58,750 in Whitehall). Whitehall has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $193,200 in Fruitport).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitport	Whitehall
Population	1,269	2,974
Median age	39.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,769	$58,750
Median home value	$193,200	$205,800
Median gross rent	$1,054	$841
Housing units	514	1,156
Homeownership rate	97.6%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitport	Whitehall
Population	1,212 → 1,269 (+4.7%)	2,749 → 2,974 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$53,478 → $80,769 (+51.0%)	$45,389 → $58,750 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $193,200 (+37.5%)	$124,100 → $205,800 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $1,054 (+38.3%)	$671 → $841 (+25.3%)

Fruitport

Population

1,2121,269

Median household income

$53,478$80,769

Median home value

$140,500$193,200

Median gross rent

$762$1,054

Whitehall

Population

2,7492,974

Median household income

$45,389$58,750

Median home value

$124,100$205,800

Median gross rent

$671$841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitport	Whitehall
Under 5	8.7%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.6%
75 and over	7.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitport	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitport	Whitehall
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	34.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitport	Whitehall
Drove alone	79.3%	84.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.4%
Other means	1.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitport	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	98.8%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Fruitport	Whitehall
Poverty rate	4.3%	17.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1963	1955