Coloma vs Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert

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

Coloma 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.

Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert has the higher population (1,468 vs 1,051 in Coloma). Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert has the higher median household income ($80,642 vs $62,778 in Coloma). Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $160,400 in Coloma).

Population, income & housing

	Coloma	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Population	1,051	1,468
Median age	40.1 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,778	$80,642
Median home value	$160,400	$296,000
Median gross rent	$956	$861
Housing units	542	1,707
Homeownership rate	67.0%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coloma	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Population	1,594 → 1,051 (-34.1%)	1,455 → 1,468 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$44,100 → $62,778 (+42.4%)	$71,908 → $80,642 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $160,400 (+51.2%)	$255,100 → $296,000 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $956 (+22.4%)	$1,038 → $861 (-17.1%)

Coloma

Population

1,5941,051

Median household income

$44,100$62,778

Median home value

$106,100$160,400

Median gross rent

$781$956

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)

	Coloma	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Under 5	8.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	17.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	23.1%
75 and over	5.5%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coloma	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coloma	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
No high school diploma	5.8%	0.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coloma	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Drove alone	83.6%	51.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	36.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coloma	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
1-unit, detached	76.8%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coloma	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Poverty rate	7.4%	5.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1956	1966