Grosse Pointe Woods vs Woodhaven

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

Grosse Pointe Woods and Woodhaven 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 12,761 in Woodhaven). Grosse Pointe Woods has the higher median household income ($129,442 vs $83,291 in Woodhaven). Grosse Pointe Woods has the higher median home value ($322,500 vs $221,200 in Woodhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Woodhaven
Population	16,177	12,761
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$129,442	$83,291
Median home value	$322,500	$221,200
Median gross rent	$1,755	$1,015
Housing units	6,609	5,451
Homeownership rate	90.5%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Woodhaven
Population	15,498 → 16,177 (+4.4%)	12,518 → 12,761 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$104,848 → $129,442 (+23.5%)	$64,501 → $83,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $322,500 (+31.9%)	$159,800 → $221,200 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,755 (+22.0%)	$844 → $1,015 (+20.3%)

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

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 Woods	Woodhaven
Under 5	6.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	15.0%
75 and over	8.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Woodhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	78.4%
Black or African American	6.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Woodhaven
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	8.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Woodhaven
Drove alone	66.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	27.4%	9.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Woodhaven
1-unit, detached	93.3%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	20.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe Woods	Woodhaven
Poverty rate	4.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1953	1979