Ferrysburg vs Zeeland

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

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

Zeeland has the higher population (5,691 vs 2,949 in Ferrysburg). Ferrysburg has the higher median household income ($62,096 vs $49,367 in Zeeland). Zeeland has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $225,400 in Ferrysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ferrysburg	Zeeland
Population	2,949	5,691
Median age	52.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,096	$49,367
Median home value	$225,400	$248,100
Median gross rent	$1,482	$908
Housing units	1,849	2,661
Homeownership rate	88.0%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferrysburg	Zeeland
Population	3,013 → 2,949 (-2.1%)	5,572 → 5,691 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$67,179 → $62,096 (-7.6%)	$51,549 → $49,367 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$173,600 → $225,400 (+29.8%)	$149,100 → $248,100 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,482 (+66.0%)	$847 → $908 (+7.2%)

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

Zeeland

Population

5,5725,691

Median household income

$51,549$49,367

Median home value

$149,100$248,100

Median gross rent

$847$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferrysburg	Zeeland
Under 5	4.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	9.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	20.3%	10.2%
75 and over	13.6%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferrysburg	Zeeland
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferrysburg	Zeeland
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	21.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferrysburg	Zeeland
Drove alone	78.5%	85.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.8%
Worked from home	17.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferrysburg	Zeeland
1-unit, detached	67.7%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	18.4%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	26.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ferrysburg	Zeeland
Poverty rate	6.9%	11.4%
Average household size	1.84	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1982	1969