Grosse Pointe Farms vs Grosse Pointe Park

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

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

Grosse Pointe Park has the higher population (11,394 vs 9,957 in Grosse Pointe Farms). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median household income ($160,589 vs $121,796 in Grosse Pointe Park). Grosse Pointe Park has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $418,600 in Grosse Pointe Farms).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Grosse Pointe Park
Population	9,957	11,394
Median age	51.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$160,589	$121,796
Median home value	$418,600	$460,500
Median gross rent	$1,500	$1,365
Housing units	4,289	4,817
Homeownership rate	95.8%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.9%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Grosse Pointe Park
Population	9,168 → 9,957 (+8.6%)	11,153 → 11,394 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$143,711 → $160,589 (+11.7%)	$115,341 → $121,796 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$355,400 → $418,600 (+17.8%)	$358,400 → $460,500 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,418 → $1,500 (+5.8%)	$1,110 → $1,365 (+23.0%)

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

Grosse Pointe Park

Population

11,15311,394

Median household income

$115,341$121,796

Median home value

$358,400$460,500

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,365

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Grosse Pointe Park
Under 5	6.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	20.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.2%
75 and over	11.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Grosse Pointe Park
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	83.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Grosse Pointe Park
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	5.5%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	42.4%	33.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Grosse Pointe Park
Drove alone	71.1%	69.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.4%	24.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Grosse Pointe Park
1-unit, detached	96.3%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Grosse Pointe Park
Poverty rate	2.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1947	1938