Kingsford Heights vs Michigan City

A side-by-side comparison of Kingsford Heights and Michigan City: population, income, housing, and more.

Kingsford Heights and Michigan City are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Michigan City has the higher population (31,894 vs 1,313 in Kingsford Heights). Kingsford Heights has the higher median household income ($55,938 vs $52,979 in Michigan City). Michigan City has the higher median home value ($129,000 vs $103,100 in Kingsford Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsford Heights	Michigan City
Population	1,313	31,894
Median age	35.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,938	$52,979
Median home value	$103,100	$129,000
Median gross rent	$805	$915
Housing units	598	15,061
Homeownership rate	59.4%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsford Heights	Michigan City
Population	1,216 → 1,313 (+8.0%)	31,118 → 31,894 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$43,664 → $55,938 (+28.1%)	$40,631 → $52,979 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$63,900 → $103,100 (+61.3%)	$89,900 → $129,000 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $805 (+10.4%)	$752 → $915 (+21.7%)

Kingsford Heights

Population

1,2161,313

Median household income

$43,664$55,938

Median home value

$63,900$103,100

Median gross rent

$729$805

Michigan City

Population

31,11831,894

Median household income

$40,631$52,979

Median home value

$89,900$129,000

Median gross rent

$752$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingsford Heights	Michigan City
Under 5	7.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.6%
75 and over	5.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsford Heights	Michigan City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	60.3%
Black or African American	7.5%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsford Heights	Michigan City
No high school diploma	15.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	52.1%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsford Heights	Michigan City
Drove alone	87.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.9%	8.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsford Heights	Michigan City
1-unit, detached	83.8%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Kingsford Heights	Michigan City
Poverty rate	18.2%	19.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1958	1961