Bay Port vs Owendale

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

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

Bay Port has the higher population (558 vs 207 in Owendale). Owendale has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $50,313 in Bay Port). Bay Port has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $65,000 in Owendale).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Port	Owendale
Population	558	207
Median age	40.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$60,000
Median home value	$119,200	$65,000
Median gross rent	$675	$933
Housing units	356	97
Homeownership rate	90.5%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Port	Owendale
Population	520 → 558 (+7.3%)	274 → 207 (-24.5%)
Median household income	$33,947 → $50,313 (+48.2%)	$35,417 → $60,000 (+69.4%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $119,200 (+82.0%)	$53,100 → $65,000 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $675 (+13.8%)	$542 → $933 (+72.1%)

Bay Port

Population

520558

Median household income

$33,947$50,313

Median home value

$65,500$119,200

Median gross rent

$593$675

Owendale

Population

274207

Median household income

$35,417$60,000

Median home value

$53,100$65,000

Median gross rent

$542$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Port	Owendale
Under 5	7.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	23.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	7.7%
75 and over	5.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Port	Owendale
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Port	Owendale
No high school diploma	7.9%	15.0%
High school graduate	41.2%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Port	Owendale
Drove alone	83.2%	92.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	2.4%
Public transit	1.9%	1.2%
Walked	2.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Port	Owendale
1-unit, detached	87.4%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Bay Port	Owendale
Poverty rate	8.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1957	1960