Lake Michigan Beach vs Shoreham

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Michigan Beach and Shoreham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Michigan Beach has the higher population (914 vs 899 in Shoreham). Shoreham has the higher median household income ($110,231 vs $61,250 in Lake Michigan Beach). Shoreham has the higher median home value ($284,900 vs $259,900 in Lake Michigan Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Michigan Beach	Shoreham
Population	914	899
Median age	52.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$110,231
Median home value	$259,900	$284,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,309
Housing units	952	526
Homeownership rate	87.5%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Michigan Beach	Shoreham
Population	1,190 → 914 (-23.2%)	846 → 899 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$61,667 → $61,250 (-0.7%)	$83,571 → $110,231 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$139,400 → $259,900 (+86.4%)	$199,400 → $284,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,138 → $1,309 (+15.0%)

Lake Michigan Beach

Population

1,190914

Median household income

$61,667$61,250

Median home value

$139,400$259,900

Shoreham

Population

846899

Median household income

$83,571$110,231

Median home value

$199,400$284,900

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,309

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Michigan Beach	Shoreham
Under 5	1.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	3.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	29.0%	13.1%
75 and over	8.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Michigan Beach	Shoreham
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	77.1%
Black or African American	8.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Michigan Beach	Shoreham
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.3%
High school graduate	31.7%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Michigan Beach	Shoreham
Drove alone	72.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	9.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	16.6%
Other means	5.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Michigan Beach	Shoreham
1-unit, detached	98.0%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Michigan Beach	Shoreham
Poverty rate	4.9%	1.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1965	1975