Northville vs Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

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

Northville 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.

Northville has the higher population (6,080 vs 2,589 in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores). Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has the higher median household income ($182,000 vs $143,875 in Northville). Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has the higher median home value ($671,600 vs $455,100 in Northville).

Population, income & housing

	Northville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Population	6,080	2,589
Median age	46.1 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$143,875	$182,000
Median home value	$455,100	$671,600
Median gross rent	$1,443	—
Housing units	2,766	1,040
Homeownership rate	80.9%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.4%	75.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Population	6,007 → 6,080 (+1.2%)	2,767 → 2,589 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$114,346 → $143,875 (+25.8%)	$161,944 → $182,000 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$331,400 → $455,100 (+37.3%)	$523,100 → $671,600 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,443 (+31.1%)	—

Northville

Population

6,0076,080

Median household income

$114,346$143,875

Median home value

$331,400$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,101$1,443

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)

	Northville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Under 5	5.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	4.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	19.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	14.8%
75 and over	8.7%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.4%
High school graduate	7.6%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	30.2%	39.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Drove alone	58.3%	82.7%
Carpooled	2.1%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	34.8%	12.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
1-unit, detached	66.4%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Poverty rate	3.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1970	1962