Harbor Springs vs Petoskey

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

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

Petoskey has the higher population (5,851 vs 1,015 in Harbor Springs). Petoskey has the higher median household income ($71,783 vs $60,556 in Harbor Springs). Harbor Springs has the higher median home value ($368,100 vs $319,300 in Petoskey).

Population, income & housing

	Harbor Springs	Petoskey
Population	1,015	5,851
Median age	64.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,556	$71,783
Median home value	$368,100	$319,300
Median gross rent	$950	$872
Housing units	1,091	3,202
Homeownership rate	74.4%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harbor Springs	Petoskey
Population	1,158 → 1,015 (-12.3%)	5,724 → 5,851 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$52,450 → $60,556 (+15.5%)	$45,107 → $71,783 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$244,800 → $368,100 (+50.4%)	$177,000 → $319,300 (+80.4%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $950 (+8.3%)	$714 → $872 (+22.1%)

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

Petoskey

Population

5,7245,851

Median household income

$45,107$71,783

Median home value

$177,000$319,300

Median gross rent

$714$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harbor Springs	Petoskey
Under 5	2.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	4.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	1.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	26.4%	11.7%
75 and over	23.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harbor Springs	Petoskey
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harbor Springs	Petoskey
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	20.7%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harbor Springs	Petoskey
Drove alone	72.5%	63.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	11.1%
Public transit	1.8%	0.5%
Walked	2.8%	12.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	2.9%
Worked from home	15.3%	9.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harbor Springs	Petoskey
1-unit, detached	72.5%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	22.3%
20 or more units	3.9%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harbor Springs	Petoskey
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.4%
Average household size	1.88	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1964	1974