Ferrysburg vs Grand Haven

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

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

Grand Haven has the higher population (10,966 vs 2,949 in Ferrysburg). Ferrysburg has the higher median household income ($62,096 vs $60,665 in Grand Haven). Grand Haven has the higher median home value ($242,400 vs $225,400 in Ferrysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ferrysburg	Grand Haven
Population	2,949	10,966
Median age	52.8 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,096	$60,665
Median home value	$225,400	$242,400
Median gross rent	$1,482	$961
Housing units	1,849	5,951
Homeownership rate	88.0%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferrysburg	Grand Haven
Population	3,013 → 2,949 (-2.1%)	10,994 → 10,966 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$67,179 → $62,096 (-7.6%)	$58,307 → $60,665 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$173,600 → $225,400 (+29.8%)	$161,000 → $242,400 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,482 (+66.0%)	$776 → $961 (+23.8%)

Ferrysburg

Population

3,0132,949

Median household income

$67,179$62,096

Median home value

$173,600$225,400

Median gross rent

$893$1,482

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)

	Ferrysburg	Grand Haven
Under 5	4.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	9.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	6.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	20.3%	14.6%
75 and over	13.6%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferrysburg	Grand Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferrysburg	Grand Haven
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferrysburg	Grand Haven
Drove alone	78.5%	77.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.6%
Worked from home	17.4%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferrysburg	Grand Haven
1-unit, detached	67.7%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	18.4%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.4%
20 or more units	4.9%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Ferrysburg	Grand Haven
Poverty rate	6.9%	12.7%
Average household size	1.84	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1982	1960