Harbor Beach vs Ubly

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

Harbor Beach and Ubly 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 830 in Ubly). Ubly has the higher median household income ($56,042 vs $39,844 in Harbor Beach). Ubly has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $104,200 in Harbor Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Harbor Beach	Ubly
Population	1,576	830
Median age	47.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,844	$56,042
Median home value	$104,200	$113,500
Median gross rent	$502	$819
Housing units	874	379
Homeownership rate	74.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harbor Beach	Ubly
Population	1,936 → 1,576 (-18.6%)	785 → 830 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$36,488 → $39,844 (+9.2%)	$44,875 → $56,042 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $104,200 (+32.9%)	$89,700 → $113,500 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $502 (+1.4%)	$609 → $819 (+34.5%)

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

Ubly

Population

785830

Median household income

$44,875$56,042

Median home value

$89,700$113,500

Median gross rent

$609$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harbor Beach	Ubly
Under 5	3.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	17.9%	13.7%
75 and over	14.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harbor Beach	Ubly
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	97.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harbor Beach	Ubly
No high school diploma	17.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.1%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harbor Beach	Ubly
Drove alone	69.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	2.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	18.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harbor Beach	Ubly
1-unit, detached	79.2%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Harbor Beach	Ubly
Poverty rate	17.1%	21.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1951	1959