Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert vs Watervliet

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

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

Watervliet has the higher population (1,879 vs 1,468 in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert). Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert has the higher median household income ($80,642 vs $57,477 in Watervliet). Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $130,000 in Watervliet).

Population, income & housing

	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert	Watervliet
Population	1,468	1,879
Median age	54.7 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,642	$57,477
Median home value	$296,000	$130,000
Median gross rent	$861	$838
Housing units	1,707	707
Homeownership rate	95.2%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert	Watervliet
Population	1,455 → 1,468 (+0.9%)	1,544 → 1,879 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$71,908 → $80,642 (+12.1%)	$37,614 → $57,477 (+52.8%)
Median home value	$255,100 → $296,000 (+16.0%)	$99,400 → $130,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $861 (-17.1%)	$702 → $838 (+19.4%)

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

Watervliet

Population

1,5441,879

Median household income

$37,614$57,477

Median home value

$99,400$130,000

Median gross rent

$702$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert	Watervliet
Under 5	5.1%	12.0%
5 to 17	8.2%	19.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	23.1%	5.4%
75 and over	14.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert	Watervliet
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert	Watervliet
No high school diploma	0.9%	16.2%
High school graduate	27.5%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert	Watervliet
Drove alone	51.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert	Watervliet
1-unit, detached	99.4%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert	Watervliet
Poverty rate	5.7%	18.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	38	20
Median year structure built	1966	1958