Grosse Pointe Park vs Woodhaven

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

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

Woodhaven has the higher population (12,761 vs 11,394 in Grosse Pointe Park). Grosse Pointe Park has the higher median household income ($121,796 vs $83,291 in Woodhaven). Grosse Pointe Park has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $221,200 in Woodhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe Park	Woodhaven
Population	11,394	12,761
Median age	40.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,796	$83,291
Median home value	$460,500	$221,200
Median gross rent	$1,365	$1,015
Housing units	4,817	5,451
Homeownership rate	74.0%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.4%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Woodhaven
Population	11,153 → 11,394 (+2.2%)	12,518 → 12,761 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$115,341 → $121,796 (+5.6%)	$64,501 → $83,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$358,400 → $460,500 (+28.5%)	$159,800 → $221,200 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,365 (+23.0%)	$844 → $1,015 (+20.3%)

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

Woodhaven

Population

12,51812,761

Median household income

$64,501$83,291

Median home value

$159,800$221,200

Median gross rent

$844$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Woodhaven
Under 5	4.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	15.0%
75 and over	6.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Woodhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	78.4%
Black or African American	5.3%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe Park	Woodhaven
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	9.0%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Woodhaven
Drove alone	69.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	24.3%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Woodhaven
1-unit, detached	75.3%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	20.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe Park	Woodhaven
Poverty rate	5.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1979