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SheetMI-VILLAGE-OF-GROSSE-POINTE-SHORES-MI · Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI 2,589 pop · income 97th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Village of Grosse Pointe Shores on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Shelby · lowest
53,309
Shelby · lowest
53,309 median HH income
29.3% of the leader · rank #1
Sunnyvale · near
181,862
Sunnyvale · near
181,862 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Orono · near
181,875
Orono · near
181,875 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #3
Village of Gr… · this city
182,000
Village of Gr… · this city
182,000 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Briarcliffe A… · near
182,083
Briarcliffe A… · near
182,083 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Fort Salonga · near
182,165
Fort Salonga · near
182,165 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Sunol · highest
182,250
Sunol · highest
182,250 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Village of Grosse Pointe Shores on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,589.
Nationally, Village of Grosse Pointe Shores sits in the 97th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
97th
percentile, household income
92nd
percentile, home value
32nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 2,589 residents in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, a small town within Michigan. The typical household in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores brings in $182,000 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.1%. Home values in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores run a median of $671,600, and the median resident age is 49.4 years. About 75.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 52.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 1 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 50% from five years earlier.
Living costs in Michigan run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Michigan scores 96.2 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,113 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Michigan run around $238, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 49.6 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Village of Grosse Pointe Shores's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Village of Grosse Pointe Shores?
Within Michigan, the closest population matches are Pleasant Ridge (2,607 residents, $161,058 income); Shelby (2,571 residents, $53,309 income); Franklin (2,610 residents, $176,571 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Pelican Rapids, MN (2,589 residents); Caddo Mills, TX (2,589 residents); Jarrell, TX (2,589 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Is Village of Grosse Pointe Shores growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -107 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -4.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Michigan average
A
City profile score · Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
86/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$182,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
75.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A
2.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living C
96.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $182,000
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 75.6%
Poverty rate: 85/100 (A) · 2.1%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.2 index
How does Village of Grosse Pointe Shores compare to other US cities?
Here's how Village of Grosse Pointe Shores stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income97% higher than other cities
Home value92% pricier than other cities
Median rent32% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Village of Grosse Pointe Shores against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Michigan only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Michigan-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Village of Grosse Pointe Shores near the bottom of Michigan's cities
Among the 727 Michigan cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Village of Grosse Pointe Shores ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Village of Grosse Pointe Shores only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#8 of 718
99th percentile in Michigan
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 727
0th percentile in Michigan
Median Home Value
#11 of 721
98th percentile in Michigan
Poverty Rate
#610 of 727
16th percentile in Michigan
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#15 of 727
98th percentile in Michigan
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Michigan only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
97th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Village of Grosse Pointe Shores's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$671,6008th percentilemore affordable than 8% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,687 of 15,516
More affordable than 38% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,708 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.7×, Village of Grosse Pointe Shores sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,687 of 15,516 and #7,708 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$182,000Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)75.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,589
Median Income
$182,000
Median Home Value
$671,600
Median Age
49.4
Poverty Rate
2.1%
Labor force participation
52.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
75.6%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,640 residents
2021
2,608 residents
2022
2,569 residents
2023
2,549 residents
2024
2,544 residents
2025
2,533 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
1
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
2
2
0
$1.3M
2020
1
1
0
$1.2M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
1
1
0
$50.0M
2023
1
1
0
$2.0M
2024
1
1
0
$1.5M
Permit volume decreased 50% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
82.7%
Carpool
3.1%
Public Transit
0.8%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
12.1%
Other
0.9%
Based on 1,056 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Michigan statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $238
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Michigan at $238 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Michigan statewide averages, not a meter reading for Village of Grosse Pointe Shores. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Michigan's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.2 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Village of Grosse Pointe Shores is $1,113/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Michigan statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Michigan statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Village of Grosse Pointe Shores sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Village of Grosse Pointe Shores compares to similar-size Michigan cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.