Bridgman vs Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgman and Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridgman and Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bridgman has the higher population (2,383 vs 1,468 in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert). Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert has the higher median household income ($80,642 vs $71,435 in Bridgman). Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $228,800 in Bridgman).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgman	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Population	2,383	1,468
Median age	42.1 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,435	$80,642
Median home value	$228,800	$296,000
Median gross rent	$951	$861
Housing units	1,225	1,707
Homeownership rate	72.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgman	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Population	2,559 → 2,383 (-6.9%)	1,455 → 1,468 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$64,338 → $71,435 (+11.0%)	$71,908 → $80,642 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $228,800 (+40.9%)	$255,100 → $296,000 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $951 (+29.7%)	$1,038 → $861 (-17.1%)

Bridgman

Population

2,5592,383

Median household income

$64,338$71,435

Median home value

$162,400$228,800

Median gross rent

$733$951

Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert

Population

1,4551,468

Median household income

$71,908$80,642

Median home value

$255,100$296,000

Median gross rent

$1,038$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgman	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.7%	8.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	17.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	18.2%	23.1%
75 and over	7.4%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgman	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	90.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.8%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgman	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
No high school diploma	2.8%	0.9%
High school graduate	28.4%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgman	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Drove alone	74.9%	51.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	36.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgman	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
1-unit, detached	77.6%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgman	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Poverty rate	11.7%	5.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	17	38
Median year structure built	1965	1966