Muskegon Heights vs Whitehall

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

Muskegon Heights and Whitehall 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 2,974 in Whitehall). Whitehall has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $33,780 in Muskegon Heights). Whitehall has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $55,800 in Muskegon Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Muskegon Heights	Whitehall
Population	9,902	2,974
Median age	31.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,780	$58,750
Median home value	$55,800	$205,800
Median gross rent	$826	$841
Housing units	4,693	1,156
Homeownership rate	44.8%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muskegon Heights	Whitehall
Population	10,748 → 9,902 (-7.9%)	2,749 → 2,974 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$30,795 → $33,780 (+9.7%)	$45,389 → $58,750 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$43,900 → $55,800 (+27.1%)	$124,100 → $205,800 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $826 (+16.2%)	$671 → $841 (+25.3%)

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

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)

	Muskegon Heights	Whitehall
Under 5	8.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	21.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.6%
75 and over	5.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muskegon Heights	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	15.8%	82.9%
Black or African American	75.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muskegon Heights	Whitehall
No high school diploma	12.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	46.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muskegon Heights	Whitehall
Drove alone	81.6%	84.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	7.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.8%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muskegon Heights	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	76.7%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	4.2%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Muskegon Heights	Whitehall
Poverty rate	37.1%	17.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1945	1955