Michigan City vs Trail Creek

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

Michigan City and Trail Creek 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 1,983 in Trail Creek). Trail Creek has the higher median household income ($65,929 vs $52,979 in Michigan City). Trail Creek has the higher median home value ($177,600 vs $129,000 in Michigan City).

Population, income & housing

	Michigan City	Trail Creek
Population	31,894	1,983
Median age	37.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,979	$65,929
Median home value	$129,000	$177,600
Median gross rent	$915	$1,005
Housing units	15,061	958
Homeownership rate	58.2%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Michigan City	Trail Creek
Population	31,118 → 31,894 (+2.5%)	1,917 → 1,983 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$40,631 → $52,979 (+30.4%)	$54,408 → $65,929 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $129,000 (+43.5%)	$135,500 → $177,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $915 (+21.7%)	$1,036 → $1,005 (-3.0%)

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

Trail Creek

Population

1,9171,983

Median household income

$54,408$65,929

Median home value

$135,500$177,600

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Michigan City	Trail Creek
Under 5	5.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	14.3%
75 and over	7.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Michigan City	Trail Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	80.1%
Black or African American	24.6%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Michigan City	Trail Creek
No high school diploma	10.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	41.0%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Michigan City	Trail Creek
Drove alone	79.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.5%
Public transit	2.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	6.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Michigan City	Trail Creek
1-unit, detached	65.3%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Michigan City	Trail Creek
Poverty rate	19.3%	9.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1961	1964