Alden vs Eastport

A side-by-side comparison of Alden and Eastport: population, income, housing, and more.

Alden and Eastport are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eastport has the higher population (369 vs 92 in Alden). Alden has the higher median household income ($55,893 vs $54,457 in Eastport). Eastport has the higher median home value ($506,900 vs $171,900 in Alden).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Eastport
Population	92	369
Median age	54.5 yrs	66.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,893	$54,457
Median home value	$171,900	$506,900
Housing units	141	255
Homeownership rate	73.6%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Eastport
Population	125 → 92 (-26.4%)	245 → 369 (+50.6%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $55,893 (-0.6%)	$81,563 → $54,457 (-33.2%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $171,900 (-1.8%)	$529,200 → $506,900 (-4.2%)

Alden

Population

12592

Median household income

$56,250$55,893

Median home value

$175,000$171,900

Eastport

Population

245369

Median household income

$81,563$54,457

Median home value

$529,200$506,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Eastport
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	2.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	6.8%
45 to 54	26.1%	2.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	20.7%	43.1%
75 and over	6.5%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Eastport
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Eastport
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Eastport
Drove alone	35.7%	47.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	33.3%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.0%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Eastport
1-unit, detached	100.0%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Eastport
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.6%
Average household size	1.74	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1953	1970