Pigeon vs Port Austin

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

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

Pigeon has the higher population (1,093 vs 676 in Port Austin). Pigeon has the higher median household income ($49,500 vs $46,000 in Port Austin). Port Austin has the higher median home value ($162,100 vs $108,100 in Pigeon).

Population, income & housing

	Pigeon	Port Austin
Population	1,093	676
Median age	46.1 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,500	$46,000
Median home value	$108,100	$162,100
Median gross rent	$929	$676
Housing units	565	653
Homeownership rate	57.5%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pigeon	Port Austin
Population	1,259 → 1,093 (-13.2%)	704 → 676 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$41,397 → $49,500 (+19.6%)	$49,464 → $46,000 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $108,100 (+33.5%)	$130,300 → $162,100 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $929 (+38.7%)	$575 → $676 (+17.6%)

Pigeon

Population

1,2591,093

Median household income

$41,397$49,500

Median home value

$81,000$108,100

Median gross rent

$670$929

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)

	Pigeon	Port Austin
Under 5	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	4.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	15.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	18.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	22.3%
75 and over	14.5%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pigeon	Port Austin
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	80.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pigeon	Port Austin
No high school diploma	4.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	41.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pigeon	Port Austin
Drove alone	74.7%	68.7%
Carpooled	12.6%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	8.1%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pigeon	Port Austin
1-unit, detached	64.8%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	15.3%
20 or more units	15.2%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Pigeon	Port Austin
Poverty rate	9.5%	19.5%
Average household size	2.06	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1966	1979