Boyne Falls vs Horton Bay

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

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

Horton Bay has the higher population (352 vs 315 in Boyne Falls). Horton Bay has the higher median household income ($76,833 vs $46,250 in Boyne Falls). Horton Bay has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $160,400 in Boyne Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Boyne Falls	Horton Bay
Population	315	352
Median age	42.9 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$76,833
Median home value	$160,400	$275,000
Median gross rent	$821	—
Housing units	189	342
Homeownership rate	75.6%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyne Falls	Horton Bay
Population	404 → 315 (-22.0%)	510 → 352 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$40,833 → $46,250 (+13.3%)	$64,000 → $76,833 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$105,800 → $160,400 (+51.6%)	$250,000 → $275,000 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $821 (+13.2%)	—

Boyne Falls

Population

404315

Median household income

$40,833$46,250

Median home value

$105,800$160,400

Median gross rent

$725$821

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 Falls	Horton Bay
Under 5	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	18.7%	4.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	5.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	17.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	31.0%
75 and over	12.1%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyne Falls	Horton Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyne Falls	Horton Bay
No high school diploma	5.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	46.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyne Falls	Horton Bay
Drove alone	84.8%	84.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyne Falls	Horton Bay
1-unit, detached	71.4%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Boyne Falls	Horton Bay
Poverty rate	15.6%	1.7%
Average household size	1.92	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1961	1980