Muskegon vs Roosevelt Park

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

Muskegon 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 has the higher population (37,203 vs 4,148 in Roosevelt Park). Roosevelt Park has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $46,342 in Muskegon). Roosevelt Park has the higher median home value ($178,600 vs $121,800 in Muskegon).

Population, income & housing

	Muskegon	Roosevelt Park
Population	37,203	4,148
Median age	36.0 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,342	$60,938
Median home value	$121,800	$178,600
Median gross rent	$927	$1,062
Housing units	16,023	1,995
Homeownership rate	54.2%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muskegon	Roosevelt Park
Population	37,633 → 37,203 (-1.1%)	3,789 → 4,148 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$32,433 → $46,342 (+42.9%)	$48,921 → $60,938 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $121,800 (+66.8%)	$114,500 → $178,600 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $927 (+31.3%)	$816 → $1,062 (+30.1%)

Muskegon

Population

37,63337,203

Median household income

$32,433$46,342

Median home value

$73,000$121,800

Median gross rent

$706$927

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	Roosevelt Park
Under 5	6.1%	11.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	9.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	23.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.4%
75 and over	5.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muskegon	Roosevelt Park
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	72.4%
Black or African American	29.9%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.2%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muskegon	Roosevelt Park
No high school diploma	12.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	38.2%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muskegon	Roosevelt Park
Drove alone	80.3%	87.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.0%
Other means	1.4%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muskegon	Roosevelt Park
1-unit, detached	64.7%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	17.5%
20 or more units	12.1%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Muskegon	Roosevelt Park
Poverty rate	20.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1949	1965