Bay View vs Ponshewaing

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View and Ponshewaing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bay View has the higher population (153 vs 66 in Ponshewaing). Since 2019, Ponshewaing's population has grown faster (+46.7% vs -40.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View	Ponshewaing
Population	153	66
Median age	68.7 yrs	—
Median home value	$440,700	—
Housing units	593	32
Homeownership rate	74.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View	Ponshewaing
Population	256 → 153 (-40.2%)	45 → 66 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$295,000 → $440,700 (+49.4%)	—

Bay View

Population

256153

Median home value

$295,000$440,700

Ponshewaing

Population

4566

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View	Ponshewaing
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	20.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	100.0%
65 to 74	39.9%	0.0%
75 and over	14.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View	Ponshewaing
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	9.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View	Ponshewaing
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.4%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View	Ponshewaing
Drove alone	26.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	73.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View	Ponshewaing
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay View	Ponshewaing
Poverty rate	6.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.50	2.06
Median year structure built	1938	—