Grosse Pointe Woods vs Harper Woods

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

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

Grosse Pointe Woods has the higher population (16,177 vs 15,205 in Harper Woods). Grosse Pointe Woods has the higher median household income ($129,442 vs $61,446 in Harper Woods). Grosse Pointe Woods has the higher median home value ($322,500 vs $143,600 in Harper Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Harper Woods
Population	16,177	15,205
Median age	43.3 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,442	$61,446
Median home value	$322,500	$143,600
Median gross rent	$1,755	$1,306
Housing units	6,609	5,906
Homeownership rate	90.5%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Harper Woods
Population	15,498 → 16,177 (+4.4%)	13,895 → 15,205 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$104,848 → $129,442 (+23.5%)	$48,418 → $61,446 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $322,500 (+31.9%)	$83,600 → $143,600 (+71.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,755 (+22.0%)	$1,088 → $1,306 (+20.0%)

Grosse Pointe Woods

Population

15,49816,177

Median household income

$104,848$129,442

Median home value

$244,500$322,500

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,755

Harper Woods

Population

13,89515,205

Median household income

$48,418$61,446

Median home value

$83,600$143,600

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Harper Woods
Under 5	6.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.2%
75 and over	8.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Harper Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	29.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	63.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Harper Woods
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	8.2%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	31.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Harper Woods
Drove alone	66.0%	67.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	15.4%
Public transit	0.3%	1.8%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	27.4%	9.2%
Other means	1.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Harper Woods
1-unit, detached	93.3%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Harper Woods
Poverty rate	4.3%	19.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1953	1955