Harbor Springs vs Pellston

A side-by-side comparison of Harbor Springs and Pellston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harbor Springs has the higher population (1,015 vs 834 in Pellston). Harbor Springs has the higher median household income ($60,556 vs $59,464 in Pellston). Harbor Springs has the higher median home value ($368,100 vs $117,100 in Pellston).

Population, income & housing

	Harbor Springs	Pellston
Population	1,015	834
Median age	64.9 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,556	$59,464
Median home value	$368,100	$117,100
Median gross rent	$950	$1,013
Housing units	1,091	351
Homeownership rate	74.4%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harbor Springs	Pellston
Population	1,158 → 1,015 (-12.3%)	932 → 834 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$52,450 → $60,556 (+15.5%)	$34,688 → $59,464 (+71.4%)
Median home value	$244,800 → $368,100 (+50.4%)	$86,000 → $117,100 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $950 (+8.3%)	$850 → $1,013 (+19.2%)

Harbor Springs

Population

1,1581,015

Median household income

$52,450$60,556

Median home value

$244,800$368,100

Median gross rent

$877$950

Pellston

Population

932834

Median household income

$34,688$59,464

Median home value

$86,000$117,100

Median gross rent

$850$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harbor Springs	Pellston
Under 5	2.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	4.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	1.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	26.4%	5.3%
75 and over	23.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harbor Springs	Pellston
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	9.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harbor Springs	Pellston
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	20.7%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harbor Springs	Pellston
Drove alone	72.5%	87.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.3%	2.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harbor Springs	Pellston
1-unit, detached	72.5%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Harbor Springs	Pellston
Poverty rate	10.0%	17.1%
Average household size	1.88	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1964	1986