Bay Shore vs Boyne Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Shore and Boyne Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay Shore and Boyne Falls are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay Shore has the higher population (607 vs 315 in Boyne Falls). Bay Shore has the higher median household income ($72,538 vs $46,250 in Boyne Falls). Boyne Falls has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $116,300 in Bay Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Shore	Boyne Falls
Population	607	315
Median age	51.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,538	$46,250
Median home value	$116,300	$160,400
Median gross rent	$1,125	$821
Housing units	409	189
Homeownership rate	91.1%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Shore	Boyne Falls
Population	703 → 607 (-13.7%)	404 → 315 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $72,538 (+100.1%)	$40,833 → $46,250 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $116,300 (-9.2%)	$105,800 → $160,400 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,125 (+3.9%)	$725 → $821 (+13.2%)

Bay Shore

Population

703607

Median household income

$36,250$72,538

Median home value

$128,100$116,300

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,125

Boyne Falls

Population

404315

Median household income

$40,833$46,250

Median home value

$105,800$160,400

Median gross rent

$725$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Shore	Boyne Falls
Under 5	1.8%	10.5%
5 to 17	8.4%	5.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	18.7%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	25.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	17.5%	8.9%
75 and over	7.9%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Shore	Boyne Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.3%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Shore	Boyne Falls
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	18.5%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Shore	Boyne Falls
Drove alone	54.8%	84.8%
Carpooled	40.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Shore	Boyne Falls
1-unit, detached	44.5%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.5%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Bay Shore	Boyne Falls
Poverty rate	10.5%	15.6%
Average household size	1.94	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1992	1961