Bay Port vs Elkton

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Port and Elkton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elkton has the higher population (775 vs 558 in Bay Port). Bay Port has the higher median household income ($50,313 vs $47,717 in Elkton). Bay Port has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $84,500 in Elkton).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Port	Elkton
Population	558	775
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$47,717
Median home value	$119,200	$84,500
Median gross rent	$675	$891
Housing units	356	396
Homeownership rate	90.5%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Port	Elkton
Population	520 → 558 (+7.3%)	771 → 775 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$33,947 → $50,313 (+48.2%)	$36,806 → $47,717 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $119,200 (+82.0%)	$73,000 → $84,500 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $675 (+13.8%)	$500 → $891 (+78.2%)

Bay Port

Population

520558

Median household income

$33,947$50,313

Median home value

$65,500$119,200

Median gross rent

$593$675

Elkton

Population

771775

Median household income

$36,806$47,717

Median home value

$73,000$84,500

Median gross rent

$500$891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Port	Elkton
Under 5	7.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	10.3%
75 and over	5.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Port	Elkton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Port	Elkton
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	41.2%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Port	Elkton
Drove alone	83.2%	57.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	30.0%
Public transit	1.9%	0.6%
Walked	2.8%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Port	Elkton
1-unit, detached	87.4%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay Port	Elkton
Poverty rate	8.1%	21.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1957	1960