Ecorse vs Grosse Pointe Farms

A side-by-side comparison of Ecorse and Grosse Pointe Farms: population, income, housing, and more.

Ecorse and Grosse Pointe Farms are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher population (9,957 vs 9,170 in Ecorse). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median household income ($160,589 vs $45,082 in Ecorse). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median home value ($418,600 vs $59,400 in Ecorse).

Population, income & housing

	Ecorse	Grosse Pointe Farms
Population	9,170	9,957
Median age	36.3 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,082	$160,589
Median home value	$59,400	$418,600
Median gross rent	$879	$1,500
Housing units	4,160	4,289
Homeownership rate	64.8%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	78.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ecorse	Grosse Pointe Farms
Population	9,432 → 9,170 (-2.8%)	9,168 → 9,957 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$28,991 → $45,082 (+55.5%)	$143,711 → $160,589 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$42,100 → $59,400 (+41.1%)	$355,400 → $418,600 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $879 (+7.1%)	$1,418 → $1,500 (+5.8%)

Ecorse

Population

9,4329,170

Median household income

$28,991$45,082

Median home value

$42,100$59,400

Median gross rent

$821$879

Grosse Pointe Farms

Population

9,1689,957

Median household income

$143,711$160,589

Median home value

$355,400$418,600

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ecorse	Grosse Pointe Farms
Under 5	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	20.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.0%
75 and over	8.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ecorse	Grosse Pointe Farms
White (non-Hispanic)	25.6%	89.8%
Black or African American	44.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ecorse	Grosse Pointe Farms
No high school diploma	28.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	5.5%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	42.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ecorse	Grosse Pointe Farms
Drove alone	76.1%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	22.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ecorse	Grosse Pointe Farms
1-unit, detached	73.9%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ecorse	Grosse Pointe Farms
Poverty rate	24.0%	2.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1954	1947