New Buffalo vs Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert

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

New Buffalo 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 1,306 in New Buffalo). Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert has the higher median household income ($80,642 vs $64,524 in New Buffalo). New Buffalo has the higher median home value ($342,700 vs $296,000 in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert).

Population, income & housing

	New Buffalo	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Population	1,306	1,468
Median age	53.8 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,524	$80,642
Median home value	$342,700	$296,000
Median gross rent	$825	$861
Housing units	1,666	1,707
Homeownership rate	76.3%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Buffalo	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Population	1,714 → 1,306 (-23.8%)	1,455 → 1,468 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$48,102 → $64,524 (+34.1%)	$71,908 → $80,642 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $342,700 (+53.6%)	$255,100 → $296,000 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $825 (-8.6%)	$1,038 → $861 (-17.1%)

New Buffalo

Population

1,7141,306

Median household income

$48,102$64,524

Median home value

$223,100$342,700

Median gross rent

$903$825

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)

	New Buffalo	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Under 5	2.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	8.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	16.8%	17.8%
55 to 64	19.1%	8.8%
65 to 74	21.6%	23.1%
75 and over	8.1%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Buffalo	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Buffalo	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
No high school diploma	8.1%	0.9%
High school graduate	20.8%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Buffalo	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Drove alone	76.0%	51.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	12.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	36.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Buffalo	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
1-unit, detached	68.8%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Buffalo	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Poverty rate	10.0%	5.7%
Average household size	1.72	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	38
Median year structure built	1973	1966