Bay Port vs Port Austin

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

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

Port Austin has the higher population (676 vs 558 in Bay Port). Bay Port has the higher median household income ($50,313 vs $46,000 in Port Austin). Port Austin has the higher median home value ($162,100 vs $119,200 in Bay Port).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Port	Port Austin
Population	558	676
Median age	40.7 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$46,000
Median home value	$119,200	$162,100
Median gross rent	$675	$676
Housing units	356	653
Homeownership rate	90.5%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Port	Port Austin
Population	520 → 558 (+7.3%)	704 → 676 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$33,947 → $50,313 (+48.2%)	$49,464 → $46,000 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $119,200 (+82.0%)	$130,300 → $162,100 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $675 (+13.8%)	$575 → $676 (+17.6%)

Bay Port

Population

520558

Median household income

$33,947$50,313

Median home value

$65,500$119,200

Median gross rent

$593$675

Port Austin

Population

704676

Median household income

$49,464$46,000

Median home value

$130,300$162,100

Median gross rent

$575$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Port	Port Austin
Under 5	7.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	4.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	15.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	6.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	18.8%
65 to 74	15.1%	22.3%
75 and over	5.6%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Port	Port Austin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Port	Port Austin
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	41.2%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Port	Port Austin
Drove alone	83.2%	68.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.7%
Public transit	1.9%	3.3%
Walked	2.8%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Port	Port Austin
1-unit, detached	87.4%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Bay Port	Port Austin
Poverty rate	8.1%	19.5%
Average household size	2.21	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1957	1979