Grand Haven vs Zeeland

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

Grand Haven and Zeeland 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 5,691 in Zeeland). Grand Haven has the higher median household income ($60,665 vs $49,367 in Zeeland). Zeeland has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $242,400 in Grand Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Haven	Zeeland
Population	10,966	5,691
Median age	46.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,665	$49,367
Median home value	$242,400	$248,100
Median gross rent	$961	$908
Housing units	5,951	2,661
Homeownership rate	68.2%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Haven	Zeeland
Population	10,994 → 10,966 (-0.3%)	5,572 → 5,691 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$58,307 → $60,665 (+4.0%)	$51,549 → $49,367 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $242,400 (+50.6%)	$149,100 → $248,100 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $961 (+23.8%)	$847 → $908 (+7.2%)

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

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)

	Grand Haven	Zeeland
Under 5	3.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.2%
75 and over	13.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Haven	Zeeland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Haven	Zeeland
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	27.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Haven	Zeeland
Drove alone	77.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.3%
Public transit	1.0%	1.4%
Walked	4.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Haven	Zeeland
1-unit, detached	57.6%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	26.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Haven	Zeeland
Poverty rate	12.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1960	1969