Paw Paw vs South Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Paw Paw and South Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Haven has the higher population (3,994 vs 3,277 in Paw Paw). South Haven has the higher median household income ($64,338 vs $38,989 in Paw Paw). South Haven has the higher median home value ($372,200 vs $133,600 in Paw Paw).

Population, income & housing

	Paw Paw	South Haven
Population	3,277	3,994
Median age	35.4 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,989	$64,338
Median home value	$133,600	$372,200
Median gross rent	$775	$718
Housing units	1,499	3,400
Homeownership rate	47.6%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paw Paw	South Haven
Population	3,390 → 3,277 (-3.3%)	4,354 → 3,994 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$43,226 → $38,989 (-9.8%)	$57,539 → $64,338 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $133,600 (+39.5%)	$219,400 → $372,200 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $775 (+16.0%)	$674 → $718 (+6.5%)

Paw Paw

Population

3,3903,277

Median household income

$43,226$38,989

Median home value

$95,800$133,600

Median gross rent

$668$775

South Haven

Population

4,3543,994

Median household income

$57,539$64,338

Median home value

$219,400$372,200

Median gross rent

$674$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paw Paw	South Haven
Under 5	10.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	19.8%
75 and over	7.2%	19.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paw Paw	South Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	77.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paw Paw	South Haven
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	44.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paw Paw	South Haven
Drove alone	78.2%	66.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.8%
Public transit	3.0%	0.4%
Walked	6.8%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paw Paw	South Haven
1-unit, detached	53.4%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	23.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	9.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Paw Paw	South Haven
Poverty rate	18.7%	20.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1966	1960