Harbor Beach vs Port Austin

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

Harbor Beach and Port Austin 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 676 in Port Austin). Port Austin has the higher median household income ($46,000 vs $39,844 in Harbor Beach). Port Austin has the higher median home value ($162,100 vs $104,200 in Harbor Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Harbor Beach	Port Austin
Population	1,576	676
Median age	47.8 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,844	$46,000
Median home value	$104,200	$162,100
Median gross rent	$502	$676
Housing units	874	653
Homeownership rate	74.9%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harbor Beach	Port Austin
Population	1,936 → 1,576 (-18.6%)	704 → 676 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$36,488 → $39,844 (+9.2%)	$49,464 → $46,000 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $104,200 (+32.9%)	$130,300 → $162,100 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $502 (+1.4%)	$575 → $676 (+17.6%)

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

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)

	Harbor Beach	Port Austin
Under 5	3.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	4.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	15.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	7.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	18.8%
65 to 74	17.9%	22.3%
75 and over	14.6%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harbor Beach	Port Austin
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	80.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harbor Beach	Port Austin
No high school diploma	17.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	34.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harbor Beach	Port Austin
Drove alone	69.0%	68.7%
Carpooled	2.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.5%	3.3%
Walked	18.4%	8.5%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harbor Beach	Port Austin
1-unit, detached	79.2%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	15.3%
20 or more units	5.6%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Harbor Beach	Port Austin
Poverty rate	17.1%	19.5%
Average household size	2.12	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1951	1979