Indian River vs Wolverine

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

Indian River and Wolverine 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 226 in Wolverine). Indian River has the higher median household income ($60,750 vs $48,250 in Wolverine). Indian River has the higher median home value ($218,000 vs $123,600 in Wolverine).

Population, income & housing

	Indian River	Wolverine
Population	2,210	226
Median age	59.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,750	$48,250
Median home value	$218,000	$123,600
Median gross rent	$844	$600
Housing units	2,043	122
Homeownership rate	80.5%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian River	Wolverine
Population	1,883 → 2,210 (+17.4%)	253 → 226 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$42,989 → $60,750 (+41.3%)	$24,750 → $48,250 (+94.9%)
Median home value	$176,900 → $218,000 (+23.2%)	$106,300 → $123,600 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $844 (+30.7%)	$636 → $600 (-5.7%)

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

Wolverine

Population

253226

Median household income

$24,750$48,250

Median home value

$106,300$123,600

Median gross rent

$636$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian River	Wolverine
Under 5	0.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	7.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	6.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	11.5%
75 and over	18.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian River	Wolverine
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian River	Wolverine
No high school diploma	15.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	24.2%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian River	Wolverine
Drove alone	75.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	14.4%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	4.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian River	Wolverine
1-unit, detached	87.9%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Indian River	Wolverine
Poverty rate	16.0%	28.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1983	1966