Allendale vs Jenison

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

Allendale and Jenison 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 17,334 in Jenison). Jenison has the higher median household income ($86,063 vs $68,449 in Allendale). Allendale has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $257,600 in Jenison).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Jenison
Population	25,741	17,334
Median age	21.4 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,449	$86,063
Median home value	$287,600	$257,600
Median gross rent	$1,081	$1,962
Housing units	8,116	6,685
Homeownership rate	51.0%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Jenison
Population	21,672 → 25,741 (+18.8%)	17,431 → 17,334 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$53,214 → $68,449 (+28.6%)	$69,481 → $86,063 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$196,500 → $287,600 (+46.4%)	$171,100 → $257,600 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,081 (+12.4%)	$917 → $1,962 (+114.0%)

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

Jenison

Population

17,43117,334

Median household income

$69,481$86,063

Median home value

$171,100$257,600

Median gross rent

$917$1,962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Jenison
Under 5	3.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	10.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	51.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	4.6%	7.7%
55 to 64	7.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	3.7%	10.3%
75 and over	1.8%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Jenison
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Jenison
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	22.0%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Jenison
Drove alone	74.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.2%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Jenison
1-unit, detached	45.5%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	5.9%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Jenison
Poverty rate	30.6%	4.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	2002	1973