Hudsonville vs Jenison

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

Hudsonville 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 7,711 in Hudsonville). Hudsonville has the higher median household income ($88,606 vs $86,063 in Jenison). Hudsonville has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $257,600 in Jenison).

Population, income & housing

	Hudsonville	Jenison
Population	7,711	17,334
Median age	32.4 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,606	$86,063
Median home value	$260,500	$257,600
Median gross rent	$1,170	$1,962
Housing units	2,937	6,685
Homeownership rate	84.9%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hudsonville	Jenison
Population	7,366 → 7,711 (+4.7%)	17,431 → 17,334 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$64,189 → $88,606 (+38.0%)	$69,481 → $86,063 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $260,500 (+67.7%)	$171,100 → $257,600 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,170 (+26.2%)	$917 → $1,962 (+114.0%)

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

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)

	Hudsonville	Jenison
Under 5	7.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	22.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	6.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.3%
75 and over	6.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hudsonville	Jenison
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hudsonville	Jenison
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	28.0%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hudsonville	Jenison
Drove alone	80.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.1%	9.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hudsonville	Jenison
1-unit, detached	60.1%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	15.9%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hudsonville	Jenison
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1982	1973