Grand Haven vs Hudsonville

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

Grand Haven and Hudsonville 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 7,711 in Hudsonville). Hudsonville has the higher median household income ($88,606 vs $60,665 in Grand Haven). Hudsonville has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $242,400 in Grand Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Haven	Hudsonville
Population	10,966	7,711
Median age	46.4 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,665	$88,606
Median home value	$242,400	$260,500
Median gross rent	$961	$1,170
Housing units	5,951	2,937
Homeownership rate	68.2%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Haven	Hudsonville
Population	10,994 → 10,966 (-0.3%)	7,366 → 7,711 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$58,307 → $60,665 (+4.0%)	$64,189 → $88,606 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $242,400 (+50.6%)	$155,300 → $260,500 (+67.7%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $961 (+23.8%)	$927 → $1,170 (+26.2%)

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

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)

	Grand Haven	Hudsonville
Under 5	3.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	22.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	6.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	7.5%
75 and over	13.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Haven	Hudsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Haven	Hudsonville
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.5%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Haven	Hudsonville
Drove alone	77.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	8.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.9%
Worked from home	10.4%	9.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Haven	Hudsonville
1-unit, detached	57.6%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	10.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Haven	Hudsonville
Poverty rate	12.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1960	1982