East Jordan vs Horton Bay

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

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

East Jordan has the higher population (1,776 vs 352 in Horton Bay). Horton Bay has the higher median household income ($76,833 vs $53,929 in East Jordan). Horton Bay has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $125,100 in East Jordan).

Population, income & housing

	East Jordan	Horton Bay
Population	1,776	352
Median age	45.8 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,929	$76,833
Median home value	$125,100	$275,000
Median gross rent	$647	—
Housing units	1,123	342
Homeownership rate	81.4%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Jordan	Horton Bay
Population	2,261 → 1,776 (-21.5%)	510 → 352 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$40,066 → $53,929 (+34.6%)	$64,000 → $76,833 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $125,100 (+54.1%)	$250,000 → $275,000 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $647 (+12.9%)	—

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

Horton Bay

Population

510352

Median household income

$64,000$76,833

Median home value

$250,000$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Jordan	Horton Bay
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	10.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	4.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	5.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	31.0%
75 and over	9.1%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Jordan	Horton Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Jordan	Horton Bay
No high school diploma	15.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	47.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Jordan	Horton Bay
Drove alone	65.8%	84.7%
Carpooled	28.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	14.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Jordan	Horton Bay
1-unit, detached	75.3%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	East Jordan	Horton Bay
Poverty rate	7.8%	1.7%
Average household size	1.98	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1974	1980