Ferrysburg vs Hudsonville

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

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

Hudsonville has the higher population (7,711 vs 2,949 in Ferrysburg). Hudsonville has the higher median household income ($88,606 vs $62,096 in Ferrysburg). Hudsonville has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $225,400 in Ferrysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ferrysburg	Hudsonville
Population	2,949	7,711
Median age	52.8 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,096	$88,606
Median home value	$225,400	$260,500
Median gross rent	$1,482	$1,170
Housing units	1,849	2,937
Homeownership rate	88.0%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferrysburg	Hudsonville
Population	3,013 → 2,949 (-2.1%)	7,366 → 7,711 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$67,179 → $62,096 (-7.6%)	$64,189 → $88,606 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$173,600 → $225,400 (+29.8%)	$155,300 → $260,500 (+67.7%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,482 (+66.0%)	$927 → $1,170 (+26.2%)

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

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)

	Ferrysburg	Hudsonville
Under 5	4.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	9.3%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	22.1%
35 to 44	6.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	6.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	20.3%	7.5%
75 and over	13.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferrysburg	Hudsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferrysburg	Hudsonville
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferrysburg	Hudsonville
Drove alone	78.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.9%
Worked from home	17.4%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferrysburg	Hudsonville
1-unit, detached	67.7%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	18.4%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Ferrysburg	Hudsonville
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.4%
Average household size	1.84	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1982	1982