Ferrysburg vs Lamont

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

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

Ferrysburg has the higher population (2,949 vs 1,078 in Lamont). Lamont has the higher median household income ($158,456 vs $62,096 in Ferrysburg). Lamont has the higher median home value ($469,200 vs $225,400 in Ferrysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ferrysburg	Lamont
Population	2,949	1,078
Median age	52.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,096	$158,456
Median home value	$225,400	$469,200
Median gross rent	$1,482	—
Housing units	1,849	367
Homeownership rate	88.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferrysburg	Lamont
Population	3,013 → 2,949 (-2.1%)	1,143 → 1,078 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$67,179 → $62,096 (-7.6%)	$132,750 → $158,456 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$173,600 → $225,400 (+29.8%)	$377,700 → $469,200 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,482 (+66.0%)	—

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

Lamont

Population

1,1431,078

Median household income

$132,750$158,456

Median home value

$377,700$469,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferrysburg	Lamont
Under 5	4.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	9.3%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	3.3%
35 to 44	6.5%	22.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	20.3%	10.3%
75 and over	13.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferrysburg	Lamont
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferrysburg	Lamont
No high school diploma	2.1%	0.8%
High school graduate	21.0%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferrysburg	Lamont
Drove alone	78.5%	89.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferrysburg	Lamont
1-unit, detached	67.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	18.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ferrysburg	Lamont
Poverty rate	6.9%	0.0%
Average household size	1.84	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1982	1998