Bad Axe vs Harbor Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Bad Axe and Harbor Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bad Axe has the higher population (3,010 vs 1,576 in Harbor Beach). Bad Axe has the higher median household income ($47,535 vs $39,844 in Harbor Beach). Bad Axe has the higher median home value ($106,700 vs $104,200 in Harbor Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Bad Axe	Harbor Beach
Population	3,010	1,576
Median age	49.0 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,535	$39,844
Median home value	$106,700	$104,200
Median gross rent	$731	$502
Housing units	1,514	874
Homeownership rate	56.5%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bad Axe	Harbor Beach
Population	2,948 → 3,010 (+2.1%)	1,936 → 1,576 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$39,239 → $47,535 (+21.1%)	$36,488 → $39,844 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $106,700 (+26.6%)	$78,400 → $104,200 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $731 (+20.0%)	$495 → $502 (+1.4%)

Bad Axe

Population

2,9483,010

Median household income

$39,239$47,535

Median home value

$84,300$106,700

Median gross rent

$609$731

Harbor Beach

Population

1,9361,576

Median household income

$36,488$39,844

Median home value

$78,400$104,200

Median gross rent

$495$502

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bad Axe	Harbor Beach
Under 5	3.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	15.9%	17.9%
75 and over	10.6%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bad Axe	Harbor Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bad Axe	Harbor Beach
No high school diploma	12.5%	17.3%
High school graduate	33.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bad Axe	Harbor Beach
Drove alone	75.6%	69.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	2.4%
Public transit	2.2%	0.5%
Walked	5.4%	18.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	8.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bad Axe	Harbor Beach
1-unit, detached	72.9%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	5.8%
20 or more units	6.7%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Bad Axe	Harbor Beach
Poverty rate	16.3%	17.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1961	1951