Allendale vs Hudsonville

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

Allendale and Hudsonville 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 7,711 in Hudsonville). Hudsonville has the higher median household income ($88,606 vs $68,449 in Allendale). Allendale has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $260,500 in Hudsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Hudsonville
Population	25,741	7,711
Median age	21.4 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,449	$88,606
Median home value	$287,600	$260,500
Median gross rent	$1,081	$1,170
Housing units	8,116	2,937
Homeownership rate	51.0%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Hudsonville
Population	21,672 → 25,741 (+18.8%)	7,366 → 7,711 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$53,214 → $68,449 (+28.6%)	$64,189 → $88,606 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$196,500 → $287,600 (+46.4%)	$155,300 → $260,500 (+67.7%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,081 (+12.4%)	$927 → $1,170 (+26.2%)

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

Hudsonville

Population

7,3667,711

Median household income

$64,189$88,606

Median home value

$155,300$260,500

Median gross rent

$927$1,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Hudsonville
Under 5	3.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	21.0%
18 to 24	51.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	22.1%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	4.6%	6.3%
55 to 64	7.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	3.7%	7.5%
75 and over	1.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Hudsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	91.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Hudsonville
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	22.0%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Hudsonville
Drove alone	74.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.3%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Hudsonville
1-unit, detached	45.5%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Hudsonville
Poverty rate	30.6%	5.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	2002	1982