New Buffalo vs Stevensville

A side-by-side comparison of New Buffalo and Stevensville: population, income, housing, and more.

New Buffalo and Stevensville are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Buffalo has the higher population (1,306 vs 1,126 in Stevensville). Stevensville has the higher median household income ($75,069 vs $64,524 in New Buffalo). New Buffalo has the higher median home value ($342,700 vs $190,000 in Stevensville).

Population, income & housing

	New Buffalo	Stevensville
Population	1,306	1,126
Median age	53.8 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,524	$75,069
Median home value	$342,700	$190,000
Median gross rent	$825	$1,126
Housing units	1,666	567
Homeownership rate	76.3%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Buffalo	Stevensville
Population	1,714 → 1,306 (-23.8%)	1,059 → 1,126 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$48,102 → $64,524 (+34.1%)	$54,344 → $75,069 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $342,700 (+53.6%)	$119,100 → $190,000 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $825 (-8.6%)	$884 → $1,126 (+27.4%)

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

Stevensville

Population

1,0591,126

Median household income

$54,344$75,069

Median home value

$119,100$190,000

Median gross rent

$884$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Buffalo	Stevensville
Under 5	2.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	3.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	16.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	19.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	21.6%	15.3%
75 and over	8.1%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Buffalo	Stevensville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.7%
Asian	5.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Buffalo	Stevensville
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Buffalo	Stevensville
Drove alone	76.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Buffalo	Stevensville
1-unit, detached	68.8%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	12.7%
20 or more units	9.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	New Buffalo	Stevensville
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.1%
Average household size	1.72	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1973	1972