FerrysburgMI
A town of 2,955, platted in 1857.
What should you know before moving to Ferrysburg?
Ferrysburg's standout: it has 10 miles of trail. Overall it grades A−, 124th of 697 graded towns in Michigan. Its public schools beat 89% of Michigan towns on state tests and graduation and it is healthier than 86% of U.S. towns. Ferrysburg’s trail density is 2.7 miles per square mile, above both Michigan’s towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). Only 85 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on hazard risk. Ottawa Sands County Park, at 319 acres with 3.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Ferrysburg stand out
Where Ferrysburg beats most towns.
10 miles of trails in Ferrysburg
16.4% of the town is conserved land, across 9 parks and preserves.
How Ferrysburg grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Ferrysburg is from typical.
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Moving to Ferrysburg: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ferrysburg, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ferrysburg.
Ferrysburg gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and is one of Michigan’s best towns for the outdoors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Michigan (mostly inland flooding).
16.4% of Ferrysburg is conserved land
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #1 of 701 in Michigan.
9.6 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ottawa Sands County Park | 3.7 mi | 319 |
| 2. Coast Guard Park | 2.1 mi | 71 |
| 3. North Ottawa Dunes County Park | 1.9 mi | 73 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West MI Academy of Arts and AcademicsLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 371 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Ferrysburg’s typical home value is about $412K
The typical Ferrysburg home is worth about $412,000, up 5.9% in a year, 56% above the Michigan typical home. 91% of households own their home in Ferrysburg, above both the Michigan town median (84%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%).
| Ferrysburg | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,257 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
A smaller share of adults in Ferrysburg sleep under 7 hours than in the typical Michigan or U.S. town
Its widest gap with Michigan is food insecurity: 8% of its 2,486 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide.
27% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Ferrysburg. Ferrysburg beats the Michigan average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 9.9% of adults smoke cigarettes in Ferrysburg.
| Ferrysburg | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Ferrysburg | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.4% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.1% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Ferrysburg’s workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Ferrysburg for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Ferrysburg is 21 minutes. Jobs based in Ferrysburg fell to 725 in 2021, 70 fewer than in 2011.
| Ferrysburg | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
In Ferrysburg, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Muskegon Co Ap weather station, 6 miles away, records that 87 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Ferrysburg has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Ferrysburg’s July high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Ferrysburg, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Michigan towns, with expected losses of about $407 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1986, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ferrysburg.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Michigan's Adventure and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ferrysburg. Close and well known come first.
29 mi MuseumGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
33 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
10 mi MuseumUSS LST-39310 mi Stadium & arenaMercy Health Arena29 mi TheatreAcrisure AmphitheaterPhoto credits
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Staff of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Public domain · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: User Jeffness on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · USS LST-393: USN, Public domain
Everything we know about Ferrysburg
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ferrysburg
About 4 of every 100 Ferrysburg residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
97% of working residents leave Ferrysburg for work
Where Ferrysburg’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Ferrysburg
City in Michigan, United States
Ferrysburg is a city in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Ferrysburg had a population of 2,952. It is located in the northeastern portion of Spring Lake Township, though it is administratively autonomous. The village of Spring Lake is located to the southeast, on the opposite side of Spring Lake from Ferrysburg. The city of Grand Haven is located to the south, on the opposite side of the Grand River. Lake Michigan is to the west of the city. Spring Lake's ZIP code 49456 serves most locations in Ferrysburg as well. Only a few areas have a Ferrysburg ZIP code, and the local post office provides only PO Box service. US 31 passes north-south through the city an…
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- Established
- 1963
- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 623 ft
- ZIP code
- 49409
- Area code
- 616
Ferrysburg’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Ferrysburg.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its A−; Grand Haven (A) is closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrysburg | #124 | A− | B− | — | A | A |
| Spring Lake Township | #107 | A | C | — | A | A− |
| Spring Lake | #2 | A+ | B | — | A+ | A− |
| Grand Haven | #117 | A | B− | B− | A | B+ |
Ferrysburg, Spring Lake Township and Spring Lake report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Ferrysburg with a neighbor →
Questions about Ferrysburg
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ferrysburg, MI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Ferrysburg grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #124 of 697 in Michigan. It grades A for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Ferrysburg, MI expensive?
That is 5 years of the area's median household income ($82,874 across the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.