Boyne City vs Horton Bay

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

Boyne City and Horton Bay 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 352 in Horton Bay). Horton Bay has the higher median household income ($76,833 vs $68,087 in Boyne City). Horton Bay has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $233,900 in Boyne City).

Population, income & housing

	Boyne City	Horton Bay
Population	3,829	352
Median age	47.7 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,087	$76,833
Median home value	$233,900	$275,000
Median gross rent	$893	—
Housing units	2,285	342
Homeownership rate	71.3%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyne City	Horton Bay
Population	3,729 → 3,829 (+2.7%)	510 → 352 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$52,604 → $68,087 (+29.4%)	$64,000 → $76,833 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$147,500 → $233,900 (+58.6%)	$250,000 → $275,000 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $893 (+21.2%)	—

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

Horton Bay

Population

510352

Median household income

$64,000$76,833

Median home value

$250,000$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyne City	Horton Bay
Under 5	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	4.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	5.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	17.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	31.0%
75 and over	9.4%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyne City	Horton Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyne City	Horton Bay
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	25.0%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyne City	Horton Bay
Drove alone	73.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.7%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	14.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyne City	Horton Bay
1-unit, detached	66.1%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Boyne City	Horton Bay
Poverty rate	7.5%	1.7%
Average household size	2.04	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1978	1980