Boyne City vs East Jordan

A side-by-side comparison of Boyne City and East Jordan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boyne City has the higher population (3,829 vs 1,776 in East Jordan). Boyne City has the higher median household income ($68,087 vs $53,929 in East Jordan). Boyne City has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $125,100 in East Jordan).

Population, income & housing

	Boyne City	East Jordan
Population	3,829	1,776
Median age	47.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,087	$53,929
Median home value	$233,900	$125,100
Median gross rent	$893	$647
Housing units	2,285	1,123
Homeownership rate	71.3%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyne City	East Jordan
Population	3,729 → 3,829 (+2.7%)	2,261 → 1,776 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$52,604 → $68,087 (+29.4%)	$40,066 → $53,929 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$147,500 → $233,900 (+58.6%)	$81,200 → $125,100 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $893 (+21.2%)	$573 → $647 (+12.9%)

Boyne City

Population

3,7293,829

Median household income

$52,604$68,087

Median home value

$147,500$233,900

Median gross rent

$737$893

East Jordan

Population

2,2611,776

Median household income

$40,066$53,929

Median home value

$81,200$125,100

Median gross rent

$573$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyne City	East Jordan
Under 5	4.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	14.9%	14.6%
75 and over	9.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyne City	East Jordan
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	90.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.3%
Asian	1.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyne City	East Jordan
No high school diploma	4.2%	15.5%
High school graduate	25.0%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyne City	East Jordan
Drove alone	73.6%	65.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	28.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	2.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyne City	East Jordan
1-unit, detached	66.1%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	6.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Boyne City	East Jordan
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.04	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1978	1974