
Michigan · Census place 27740
Fennville, MI population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Fennville, Michigan (Fennville, MI — Census place “Fennville city”) is 1,880 residents, ranking #323 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $65,268, the median home is worth $128,900 and median gross rent runs $791 a month. Looking for the Fennville Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fennville, MI: 49408.
- Population
- 1,880Fennville city residents
- Median household income
- $65,268Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $128,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $791Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 26.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.3%Owner-occupied households
Fennville ZIP codes (Michigan)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fennville.
The Fennville MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Fennville city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Fennville city median would spend about 14.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.3% of residents and 63.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Fennville city, MI in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Fennville city is a small town in Michigan, with 1,880 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #323 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 56% of them. The median age here is 26.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Fennville city earn a median of $65,268 a year, 16.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 24.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Fennville city is valued at $128,900, 57.5% below the national figure and 22% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $791 a month, 43.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,492 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 63.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 26.9 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Michigan.
- Watervliet city 1,879
- South Rockwood village 1,891
- Armada village 1,876
- Capac village 1,903
- St. Charles village 1,857
- Munising city 1,907
- Decatur village 1,814
- L'Anse village 1,916
Keep going
More Michigan coverage.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Fennville city?
- Fennville city has 1,880 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #323 of 745 in Michigan.
- What is the median household income in Fennville city?
- Median household income in Fennville city is $65,268 a year, 16.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fennville city?
- Median gross rent is $791 a month and the median home value is $128,900, so rent absorbs about 14.5% of median household income.
- Is Fennville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fennville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Fennville city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.