Muskegon Heights vs Roosevelt Park

A side-by-side comparison of Muskegon Heights and Roosevelt Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Muskegon Heights and Roosevelt Park are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Muskegon Heights has the higher population (9,902 vs 4,148 in Roosevelt Park). Roosevelt Park has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $33,780 in Muskegon Heights). Roosevelt Park has the higher median home value ($178,600 vs $55,800 in Muskegon Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Muskegon Heights	Roosevelt Park
Population	9,902	4,148
Median age	31.8 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,780	$60,938
Median home value	$55,800	$178,600
Median gross rent	$826	$1,062
Housing units	4,693	1,995
Homeownership rate	44.8%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muskegon Heights	Roosevelt Park
Population	10,748 → 9,902 (-7.9%)	3,789 → 4,148 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$30,795 → $33,780 (+9.7%)	$48,921 → $60,938 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$43,900 → $55,800 (+27.1%)	$114,500 → $178,600 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $826 (+16.2%)	$816 → $1,062 (+30.1%)

Muskegon Heights

Population

10,7489,902

Median household income

$30,795$33,780

Median home value

$43,900$55,800

Median gross rent

$711$826

Roosevelt Park

Population

3,7894,148

Median household income

$48,921$60,938

Median home value

$114,500$178,600

Median gross rent

$816$1,062

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muskegon Heights	Roosevelt Park
Under 5	8.3%	11.1%
5 to 17	21.6%	9.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	23.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.4%
75 and over	5.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muskegon Heights	Roosevelt Park
White (non-Hispanic)	15.8%	72.4%
Black or African American	75.4%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muskegon Heights	Roosevelt Park
No high school diploma	12.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	46.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muskegon Heights	Roosevelt Park
Drove alone	81.6%	87.4%
Carpooled	12.7%	8.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.0%
Other means	0.8%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muskegon Heights	Roosevelt Park
1-unit, detached	76.7%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	17.5%
20 or more units	4.2%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Muskegon Heights	Roosevelt Park
Poverty rate	37.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1945	1965