Rosebush vs Shepherd

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

Rosebush 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 330 in Rosebush). Shepherd has the higher median household income ($76,591 vs $32,404 in Rosebush). Shepherd has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $102,600 in Rosebush).

Population, income & housing

	Rosebush	Shepherd
Population	330	1,438
Median age	51.5 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,404	$76,591
Median home value	$102,600	$147,800
Median gross rent	$592	$790
Housing units	198	563
Homeownership rate	53.7%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosebush	Shepherd
Population	343 → 330 (-3.8%)	1,495 → 1,438 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$35,962 → $32,404 (-9.9%)	$51,908 → $76,591 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$93,900 → $102,600 (+9.3%)	$115,500 → $147,800 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$450 → $592 (+31.6%)	$635 → $790 (+24.4%)

Rosebush

Population

343330

Median household income

$35,962$32,404

Median home value

$93,900$102,600

Median gross rent

$450$592

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)

	Rosebush	Shepherd
Under 5	3.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	5.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	17.0%	14.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	5.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	20.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	7.4%
75 and over	12.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosebush	Shepherd
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	87.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosebush	Shepherd
No high school diploma	26.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosebush	Shepherd
Drove alone	74.1%	88.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	3.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	13.3%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosebush	Shepherd
1-unit, detached	64.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	9.1%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Rosebush	Shepherd
Poverty rate	21.5%	15.4%
Average household size	1.98	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1958	1962