Elsie vs Fowler

A side-by-side comparison of Elsie and Fowler: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fowler has the higher population (1,446 vs 951 in Elsie). Fowler has the higher median household income ($72,261 vs $55,000 in Elsie). Fowler has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $107,600 in Elsie).

Population, income & housing

	Elsie	Fowler
Population	951	1,446
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$72,261
Median home value	$107,600	$194,400
Median gross rent	$692	$779
Housing units	444	634
Homeownership rate	80.2%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	25.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsie	Fowler
Population	1,059 → 951 (-10.2%)	1,369 → 1,446 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$44,563 → $55,000 (+23.4%)	$59,464 → $72,261 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $107,600 (+12.7%)	$143,100 → $194,400 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $692 (-5.6%)	$707 → $779 (+10.2%)

Elsie

Population

1,059951

Median household income

$44,563$55,000

Median home value

$95,500$107,600

Median gross rent

$733$692

Fowler

Population

1,3691,446

Median household income

$59,464$72,261

Median home value

$143,100$194,400

Median gross rent

$707$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsie	Fowler
Under 5	4.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	2.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	6.5%
35 to 44	18.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	16.7%
75 and over	10.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsie	Fowler
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	95.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsie	Fowler
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	39.4%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsie	Fowler
Drove alone	73.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.5%	8.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsie	Fowler
1-unit, detached	80.9%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elsie	Fowler
Poverty rate	13.0%	1.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1958	1963