Muskegon vs Muskegon Heights

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

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

Muskegon has the higher population (37,203 vs 9,902 in Muskegon Heights). Muskegon has the higher median household income ($46,342 vs $33,780 in Muskegon Heights). Muskegon has the higher median home value ($121,800 vs $55,800 in Muskegon Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Muskegon	Muskegon Heights
Population	37,203	9,902
Median age	36.0 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,342	$33,780
Median home value	$121,800	$55,800
Median gross rent	$927	$826
Housing units	16,023	4,693
Homeownership rate	54.2%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	18.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muskegon	Muskegon Heights
Population	37,633 → 37,203 (-1.1%)	10,748 → 9,902 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$32,433 → $46,342 (+42.9%)	$30,795 → $33,780 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $121,800 (+66.8%)	$43,900 → $55,800 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $927 (+31.3%)	$711 → $826 (+16.2%)

Muskegon

Population

37,63337,203

Median household income

$32,433$46,342

Median home value

$73,000$121,800

Median gross rent

$706$927

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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muskegon	Muskegon Heights
Under 5	6.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.2%
75 and over	5.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muskegon	Muskegon Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	15.8%
Black or African American	29.9%	75.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muskegon	Muskegon Heights
No high school diploma	12.6%	12.9%
High school graduate	38.2%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muskegon	Muskegon Heights
Drove alone	80.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	12.7%
Public transit	0.3%	1.1%
Walked	2.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muskegon	Muskegon Heights
1-unit, detached	64.7%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	11.2%
20 or more units	12.1%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Muskegon	Muskegon Heights
Poverty rate	20.2%	37.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1949	1945