Loomis vs Shepherd

A side-by-side comparison of Loomis and Shepherd: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shepherd has the higher population (1,438 vs 221 in Loomis). Shepherd has the higher median household income ($76,591 vs $65,000 in Loomis). Shepherd has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $87,500 in Loomis).

Population, income & housing

	Loomis	Shepherd
Population	221	1,438
Median age	47.2 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$76,591
Median home value	$87,500	$147,800
Median gross rent	—	$790
Housing units	121	563
Homeownership rate	82.6%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loomis	Shepherd
Population	163 → 221 (+35.6%)	1,495 → 1,438 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$44,250 → $65,000 (+46.9%)	$51,908 → $76,591 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $87,500 (+1.5%)	$115,500 → $147,800 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$635 → $790 (+24.4%)

Loomis

Population

163221

Median household income

$44,250$65,000

Median home value

$86,200$87,500

Shepherd

Population

1,4951,438

Median household income

$51,908$76,591

Median home value

$115,500$147,800

Median gross rent

$635$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loomis	Shepherd
Under 5	7.2%	8.8%
5 to 17	8.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	14.0%
25 to 34	20.4%	16.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	33.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	2.7%	7.4%
75 and over	2.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loomis	Shepherd
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loomis	Shepherd
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	49.4%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loomis	Shepherd
Drove alone	75.4%	88.4%
Carpooled	16.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loomis	Shepherd
1-unit, detached	71.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	28.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Loomis	Shepherd
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1974	1962