Grosse Pointe Farms vs Plymouth

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

Grosse Pointe Farms and Plymouth 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 9,234 in Plymouth). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median household income ($160,589 vs $111,742 in Plymouth). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median home value ($418,600 vs $418,200 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Plymouth
Population	9,957	9,234
Median age	51.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$160,589	$111,742
Median home value	$418,600	$418,200
Median gross rent	$1,500	$1,118
Housing units	4,289	4,333
Homeownership rate	95.8%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.9%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Plymouth
Population	9,168 → 9,957 (+8.6%)	9,124 → 9,234 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$143,711 → $160,589 (+11.7%)	$83,073 → $111,742 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$355,400 → $418,600 (+17.8%)	$309,300 → $418,200 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,418 → $1,500 (+5.8%)	$871 → $1,118 (+28.4%)

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

Plymouth

Population

9,1249,234

Median household income

$83,073$111,742

Median home value

$309,300$418,200

Median gross rent

$871$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Plymouth
Under 5	6.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	5.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.3%
75 and over	11.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Plymouth
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	5.5%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	42.4%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Plymouth
Drove alone	71.1%	67.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.4%	23.4%
Other means	0.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	96.3%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Plymouth
Poverty rate	2.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1947	1960