Tower vs Wolverine

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

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

Tower has the higher population (271 vs 226 in Wolverine). Wolverine has the higher median household income ($48,250 vs $42,167 in Tower). Wolverine has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $91,500 in Tower).

Population, income & housing

	Tower	Wolverine
Population	271	226
Median age	55.3 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,167	$48,250
Median home value	$91,500	$123,600
Median gross rent	$917	$600
Housing units	176	122
Homeownership rate	63.3%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tower	Wolverine
Population	215 → 271 (+26.0%)	253 → 226 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $42,167 (+8.8%)	$24,750 → $48,250 (+94.9%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $91,500 (+83.0%)	$106,300 → $123,600 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $917 (+34.5%)	$636 → $600 (-5.7%)

Tower

Population

215271

Median household income

$38,750$42,167

Median home value

$50,000$91,500

Median gross rent

$682$917

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)

	Tower	Wolverine
Under 5	3.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	16.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	3.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	0.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	37.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.5%
75 and over	5.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tower	Wolverine
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	12.2%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tower	Wolverine
No high school diploma	16.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	46.2%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tower	Wolverine
Drove alone	100.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tower	Wolverine
1-unit, detached	71.0%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Tower	Wolverine
Poverty rate	23.2%	28.8%
Average household size	2.77	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1969	1966