Harbor Beach vs Pigeon

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

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

Harbor Beach has the higher population (1,576 vs 1,093 in Pigeon). Pigeon has the higher median household income ($49,500 vs $39,844 in Harbor Beach). Pigeon has the higher median home value ($108,100 vs $104,200 in Harbor Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Harbor Beach	Pigeon
Population	1,576	1,093
Median age	47.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,844	$49,500
Median home value	$104,200	$108,100
Median gross rent	$502	$929
Housing units	874	565
Homeownership rate	74.9%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harbor Beach	Pigeon
Population	1,936 → 1,576 (-18.6%)	1,259 → 1,093 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$36,488 → $39,844 (+9.2%)	$41,397 → $49,500 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $104,200 (+32.9%)	$81,000 → $108,100 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $502 (+1.4%)	$670 → $929 (+38.7%)

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

Pigeon

Population

1,2591,093

Median household income

$41,397$49,500

Median home value

$81,000$108,100

Median gross rent

$670$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harbor Beach	Pigeon
Under 5	3.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	17.9%	11.9%
75 and over	14.6%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harbor Beach	Pigeon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	87.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harbor Beach	Pigeon
No high school diploma	17.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	34.1%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harbor Beach	Pigeon
Drove alone	69.0%	74.7%
Carpooled	2.4%	12.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	18.4%	8.1%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harbor Beach	Pigeon
1-unit, detached	79.2%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harbor Beach	Pigeon
Poverty rate	17.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	15	13
Median year structure built	1951	1966