Grosse Pointe vs Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

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

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

Grosse Pointe has the higher population (5,561 vs 2,589 in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores). Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has the higher median household income ($182,000 vs $141,985 in Grosse Pointe). Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has the higher median home value ($671,600 vs $391,800 in Grosse Pointe).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Population	5,561	2,589
Median age	43.5 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$141,985	$182,000
Median home value	$391,800	$671,600
Median gross rent	$1,670	—
Housing units	2,431	1,040
Homeownership rate	84.2%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	75.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Population	5,206 → 5,561 (+6.8%)	2,767 → 2,589 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$106,932 → $141,985 (+32.8%)	$161,944 → $182,000 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$349,800 → $391,800 (+12.0%)	$523,100 → $671,600 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,670 (+43.6%)	—

Grosse Pointe

Population

5,2065,561

Median household income

$106,932$141,985

Median home value

$349,800$391,800

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,670

Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

Population

2,7672,589

Median household income

$161,944$182,000

Median home value

$523,100$671,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grosse Pointe	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Under 5	9.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	6.7%	4.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	14.8%
75 and over	9.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
No high school diploma	0.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	7.8%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	38.5%	39.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Drove alone	66.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	3.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.8%
Walked	2.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	24.2%	12.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
1-unit, detached	68.4%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1938	1962