Allendale vs Grand Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Allendale and Grand Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Allendale has the higher population (25,741 vs 10,966 in Grand Haven). Allendale has the higher median household income ($68,449 vs $60,665 in Grand Haven). Allendale has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $242,400 in Grand Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Grand Haven
Population	25,741	10,966
Median age	21.4 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,449	$60,665
Median home value	$287,600	$242,400
Median gross rent	$1,081	$961
Housing units	8,116	5,951
Homeownership rate	51.0%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Grand Haven
Population	21,672 → 25,741 (+18.8%)	10,994 → 10,966 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$53,214 → $68,449 (+28.6%)	$58,307 → $60,665 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$196,500 → $287,600 (+46.4%)	$161,000 → $242,400 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,081 (+12.4%)	$776 → $961 (+23.8%)

Allendale

Population

21,67225,741

Median household income

$53,214$68,449

Median home value

$196,500$287,600

Median gross rent

$962$1,081

Grand Haven

Population

10,99410,966

Median household income

$58,307$60,665

Median home value

$161,000$242,400

Median gross rent

$776$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Grand Haven
Under 5	3.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	51.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	4.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	7.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	3.7%	14.6%
75 and over	1.8%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Grand Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	88.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Grand Haven
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	22.0%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Grand Haven
Drove alone	74.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.8%
Public transit	1.9%	1.0%
Walked	8.5%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.6%	10.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Grand Haven
1-unit, detached	45.5%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	8.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Grand Haven
Poverty rate	30.6%	12.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	2002	1960