Eastport vs Elk Rapids

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

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

Elk Rapids has the higher population (1,558 vs 369 in Eastport). Elk Rapids has the higher median household income ($78,472 vs $54,457 in Eastport). Eastport has the higher median home value ($506,900 vs $348,400 in Elk Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Eastport	Elk Rapids
Population	369	1,558
Median age	66.9 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,457	$78,472
Median home value	$506,900	$348,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,032
Housing units	255	1,238
Homeownership rate	84.9%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastport	Elk Rapids
Population	245 → 369 (+50.6%)	1,494 → 1,558 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$81,563 → $54,457 (-33.2%)	$60,536 → $78,472 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$529,200 → $506,900 (-4.2%)	$229,200 → $348,400 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$827 → $1,032 (+24.8%)

Eastport

Population

245369

Median household income

$81,563$54,457

Median home value

$529,200$506,900

Elk Rapids

Population

1,4941,558

Median household income

$60,536$78,472

Median home value

$229,200$348,400

Median gross rent

$827$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastport	Elk Rapids
Under 5	2.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	2.7%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	2.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	19.7%
65 to 74	43.1%	19.3%
75 and over	13.0%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastport	Elk Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastport	Elk Rapids
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	8.8%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	55.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastport	Elk Rapids
Drove alone	47.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	15.7%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	14.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	24.8%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastport	Elk Rapids
1-unit, detached	99.2%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Eastport	Elk Rapids
Poverty rate	14.6%	4.3%
Average household size	2.22	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1970	1967