Charlevoix vs Horton Bay

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

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

Charlevoix has the higher population (2,420 vs 352 in Horton Bay). Horton Bay has the higher median household income ($76,833 vs $52,344 in Charlevoix). Charlevoix has the higher median home value ($294,400 vs $275,000 in Horton Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Charlevoix	Horton Bay
Population	2,420	352
Median age	47.2 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,344	$76,833
Median home value	$294,400	$275,000
Median gross rent	$880	—
Housing units	1,973	342
Homeownership rate	55.1%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlevoix	Horton Bay
Population	2,338 → 2,420 (+3.5%)	510 → 352 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$31,885 → $52,344 (+64.2%)	$64,000 → $76,833 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$167,800 → $294,400 (+75.4%)	$250,000 → $275,000 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $880 (+55.2%)	—

Charlevoix

Population

2,3382,420

Median household income

$31,885$52,344

Median home value

$167,800$294,400

Median gross rent

$567$880

Horton Bay

Population

510352

Median household income

$64,000$76,833

Median home value

$250,000$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlevoix	Horton Bay
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	10.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	4.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	17.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	31.0%
75 and over	15.1%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlevoix	Horton Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlevoix	Horton Bay
No high school diploma	3.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	22.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlevoix	Horton Bay
Drove alone	72.7%	84.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	0.0%
Public transit	3.0%	0.7%
Walked	9.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlevoix	Horton Bay
1-unit, detached	64.9%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Charlevoix	Horton Bay
Poverty rate	25.7%	1.7%
Average household size	1.78	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1964	1980