Holland vs Jenison

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

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

Holland has the higher population (34,266 vs 17,334 in Jenison). Jenison has the higher median household income ($86,063 vs $72,905 in Holland). Jenison has the higher median home value ($257,600 vs $235,800 in Holland).

Population, income & housing

	Holland	Jenison
Population	34,266	17,334
Median age	32.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,905	$86,063
Median home value	$235,800	$257,600
Median gross rent	$1,143	$1,962
Housing units	13,782	6,685
Homeownership rate	67.6%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holland	Jenison
Population	33,402 → 34,266 (+2.6%)	17,431 → 17,334 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$57,002 → $72,905 (+27.9%)	$69,481 → $86,063 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$151,300 → $235,800 (+55.8%)	$171,100 → $257,600 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,143 (+30.9%)	$917 → $1,962 (+114.0%)

Holland

Population

33,40234,266

Median household income

$57,002$72,905

Median home value

$151,300$235,800

Median gross rent

$873$1,143

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)

	Holland	Jenison
Under 5	5.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	18.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.3%
75 and over	8.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holland	Jenison
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	95.0%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holland	Jenison
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holland	Jenison
Drove alone	71.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holland	Jenison
1-unit, detached	62.8%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	7.7%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Holland	Jenison
Poverty rate	10.9%	4.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1965	1973