Bay Shore vs Horton Bay

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

Bay Shore and Horton Bay 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 352 in Horton Bay). Horton Bay has the higher median household income ($76,833 vs $72,538 in Bay Shore). Horton Bay has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $116,300 in Bay Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Shore	Horton Bay
Population	607	352
Median age	51.3 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,538	$76,833
Median home value	$116,300	$275,000
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	409	342
Homeownership rate	91.1%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Shore	Horton Bay
Population	703 → 607 (-13.7%)	510 → 352 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $72,538 (+100.1%)	$64,000 → $76,833 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $116,300 (-9.2%)	$250,000 → $275,000 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,125 (+3.9%)	—

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

Horton Bay

Population

510352

Median household income

$64,000$76,833

Median home value

$250,000$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Shore	Horton Bay
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	4.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	5.1%
45 to 54	25.0%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	17.5%	31.0%
75 and over	7.9%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Shore	Horton Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Shore	Horton Bay
No high school diploma	7.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	18.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Shore	Horton Bay
Drove alone	54.8%	84.7%
Carpooled	40.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Shore	Horton Bay
1-unit, detached	44.5%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Bay Shore	Horton Bay
Poverty rate	10.5%	1.7%
Average household size	1.94	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1992	1980