Bay Port vs Port Hope

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

Bay Port and Port Hope 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 297 in Port Hope). Port Hope has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $50,313 in Bay Port). Bay Port has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $84,600 in Port Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Port	Port Hope
Population	558	297
Median age	40.7 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$51,250
Median home value	$119,200	$84,600
Median gross rent	$675	$750
Housing units	356	221
Homeownership rate	90.5%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Port	Port Hope
Population	520 → 558 (+7.3%)	253 → 297 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$33,947 → $50,313 (+48.2%)	$35,000 → $51,250 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $119,200 (+82.0%)	$81,000 → $84,600 (+4.4%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $675 (+13.8%)	$706 → $750 (+6.2%)

Bay Port

Population

520558

Median household income

$33,947$50,313

Median home value

$65,500$119,200

Median gross rent

$593$675

Port Hope

Population

253297

Median household income

$35,000$51,250

Median home value

$81,000$84,600

Median gross rent

$706$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Port	Port Hope
Under 5	7.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	3.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	7.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	5.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	26.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	18.5%
75 and over	5.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Port	Port Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Port	Port Hope
No high school diploma	7.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	41.2%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Port	Port Hope
Drove alone	83.2%	71.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	3.3%
Public transit	1.9%	2.2%
Walked	2.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Port	Port Hope
1-unit, detached	87.4%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Bay Port	Port Hope
Poverty rate	8.1%	17.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1957	1953