Dowagiac vs Edwardsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Dowagiac and Edwardsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dowagiac has the higher population (5,677 vs 1,244 in Edwardsburg). Edwardsburg has the higher median household income ($53,661 vs $38,433 in Dowagiac). Edwardsburg has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $110,300 in Dowagiac).

Population, income & housing

	Dowagiac	Edwardsburg
Population	5,677	1,244
Median age	37.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,433	$53,661
Median home value	$110,300	$115,400
Median gross rent	$722	$1,023
Housing units	3,026	600
Homeownership rate	50.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dowagiac	Edwardsburg
Population	5,743 → 5,677 (-1.1%)	1,255 → 1,244 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$33,520 → $38,433 (+14.7%)	$49,643 → $53,661 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $110,300 (+55.1%)	$65,000 → $115,400 (+77.5%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $722 (+24.7%)	$773 → $1,023 (+32.3%)

Dowagiac

Population

5,7435,677

Median household income

$33,520$38,433

Median home value

$71,100$110,300

Median gross rent

$579$722

Edwardsburg

Population

1,2551,244

Median household income

$49,643$53,661

Median home value

$65,000$115,400

Median gross rent

$773$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dowagiac	Edwardsburg
Under 5	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	17.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	4.9%
75 and over	8.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dowagiac	Edwardsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	93.9%
Black or African American	11.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dowagiac	Edwardsburg
No high school diploma	14.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dowagiac	Edwardsburg
Drove alone	74.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	5.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.7%
Other means	3.4%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dowagiac	Edwardsburg
1-unit, detached	64.3%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	7.3%
20 or more units	6.8%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Dowagiac	Edwardsburg
Poverty rate	30.4%	19.4%
Average household size	2.14	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1952	1970