Shepherd vs Weidman

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

Shepherd and Weidman 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 1,217 in Weidman). Shepherd has the higher median household income ($76,591 vs $49,545 in Weidman). Shepherd has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $104,200 in Weidman).

Population, income & housing

	Shepherd	Weidman
Population	1,438	1,217
Median age	32.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,591	$49,545
Median home value	$147,800	$104,200
Median gross rent	$790	—
Housing units	563	529
Homeownership rate	68.5%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shepherd	Weidman
Population	1,495 → 1,438 (-3.8%)	817 → 1,217 (+49.0%)
Median household income	$51,908 → $76,591 (+47.6%)	$44,931 → $49,545 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $147,800 (+28.0%)	$102,800 → $104,200 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $790 (+24.4%)	$599 → $824 (+37.6%)

Shepherd

Population

1,4951,438

Median household income

$51,908$76,591

Median home value

$115,500$147,800

Median gross rent

$635$790

Weidman

Population

8171,217

Median household income

$44,931$49,545

Median home value

$102,800$104,200

Median gross rent

$599$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shepherd	Weidman
Under 5	8.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	35.7%
18 to 24	14.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	16.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	19.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	3.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.0%
75 and over	4.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shepherd	Weidman
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	80.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	3.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	15.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shepherd	Weidman
No high school diploma	2.8%	23.5%
High school graduate	31.3%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shepherd	Weidman
Drove alone	88.4%	63.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	24.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	11.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shepherd	Weidman
1-unit, detached	73.7%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.1%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Shepherd	Weidman
Poverty rate	15.4%	47.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1962	1982