Indian River vs Tower

A side-by-side comparison of Indian River and Tower: population, income, housing, and more.

Indian River and Tower are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Indian River has the higher population (2,210 vs 271 in Tower). Indian River has the higher median household income ($60,750 vs $42,167 in Tower). Indian River has the higher median home value ($218,000 vs $91,500 in Tower).

Population, income & housing

	Indian River	Tower
Population	2,210	271
Median age	59.0 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,750	$42,167
Median home value	$218,000	$91,500
Median gross rent	$844	$917
Housing units	2,043	176
Homeownership rate	80.5%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian River	Tower
Population	1,883 → 2,210 (+17.4%)	215 → 271 (+26.0%)
Median household income	$42,989 → $60,750 (+41.3%)	$38,750 → $42,167 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$176,900 → $218,000 (+23.2%)	$50,000 → $91,500 (+83.0%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $844 (+30.7%)	$682 → $917 (+34.5%)

Indian River

Population

1,8832,210

Median household income

$42,989$60,750

Median home value

$176,900$218,000

Median gross rent

$646$844

Tower

Population

215271

Median household income

$38,750$42,167

Median home value

$50,000$91,500

Median gross rent

$682$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian River	Tower
Under 5	0.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	7.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	16.2%
25 to 34	6.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	6.7%	3.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	0.7%
55 to 64	20.9%	37.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	7.7%
75 and over	18.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian River	Tower
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	6.5%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian River	Tower
No high school diploma	15.2%	16.8%
High school graduate	24.2%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian River	Tower
Drove alone	75.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian River	Tower
1-unit, detached	87.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Indian River	Tower
Poverty rate	16.0%	23.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1983	1969