Three Oaks vs Watervliet

A side-by-side comparison of Three Oaks and Watervliet: population, income, housing, and more.

Three Oaks 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 1,322 in Three Oaks). Three Oaks has the higher median household income ($60,500 vs $57,477 in Watervliet). Three Oaks has the higher median home value ($185,100 vs $130,000 in Watervliet).

Population, income & housing

	Three Oaks	Watervliet
Population	1,322	1,879
Median age	39.6 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,500	$57,477
Median home value	$185,100	$130,000
Median gross rent	$1,022	$838
Housing units	688	707
Homeownership rate	66.5%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Three Oaks	Watervliet
Population	1,354 → 1,322 (-2.4%)	1,544 → 1,879 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$50,903 → $60,500 (+18.9%)	$37,614 → $57,477 (+52.8%)
Median home value	$123,900 → $185,100 (+49.4%)	$99,400 → $130,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,022 (+21.7%)	$702 → $838 (+19.4%)

Three Oaks

Population

1,3541,322

Median household income

$50,903$60,500

Median home value

$123,900$185,100

Median gross rent

$840$1,022

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)

	Three Oaks	Watervliet
Under 5	4.6%	12.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.4%
75 and over	3.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Three Oaks	Watervliet
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.8%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Three Oaks	Watervliet
No high school diploma	9.4%	16.2%
High school graduate	34.0%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Three Oaks	Watervliet
Drove alone	61.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	16.3%	15.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	1.9%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Three Oaks	Watervliet
1-unit, detached	75.3%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Three Oaks	Watervliet
Poverty rate	9.6%	18.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1955	1958