Grand Haven vs Jenison

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

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

Jenison has the higher population (17,334 vs 10,966 in Grand Haven). Jenison has the higher median household income ($86,063 vs $60,665 in Grand Haven). Jenison has the higher median home value ($257,600 vs $242,400 in Grand Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Haven	Jenison
Population	10,966	17,334
Median age	46.4 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,665	$86,063
Median home value	$242,400	$257,600
Median gross rent	$961	$1,962
Housing units	5,951	6,685
Homeownership rate	68.2%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Haven	Jenison
Population	10,994 → 10,966 (-0.3%)	17,431 → 17,334 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$58,307 → $60,665 (+4.0%)	$69,481 → $86,063 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $242,400 (+50.6%)	$171,100 → $257,600 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $961 (+23.8%)	$917 → $1,962 (+114.0%)

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

Jenison

Population

17,43117,334

Median household income

$69,481$86,063

Median home value

$171,100$257,600

Median gross rent

$917$1,962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Haven	Jenison
Under 5	3.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.3%
75 and over	13.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Haven	Jenison
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Haven	Jenison
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Haven	Jenison
Drove alone	77.1%	84.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.4%	9.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Haven	Jenison
1-unit, detached	57.6%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	5.7%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Grand Haven	Jenison
Poverty rate	12.7%	4.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1960	1973