Shepherd vs Winn

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

Shepherd and Winn 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 218 in Winn). Winn has the higher median household income ($130,909 vs $76,591 in Shepherd). Winn has the higher median home value ($178,700 vs $147,800 in Shepherd).

Population, income & housing

	Shepherd	Winn
Population	1,438	218
Median age	32.0 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,591	$130,909
Median home value	$147,800	$178,700
Median gross rent	$790	—
Housing units	563	82
Homeownership rate	68.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shepherd	Winn
Population	1,495 → 1,438 (-3.8%)	421 → 218 (-48.2%)
Median household income	$51,908 → $76,591 (+47.6%)	$32,794 → $130,909 (+299.2%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $147,800 (+28.0%)	$61,000 → $178,700 (+193.0%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $790 (+24.4%)	—

Shepherd

Population

1,4951,438

Median household income

$51,908$76,591

Median home value

$115,500$147,800

Median gross rent

$635$790

Winn

Population

421218

Median household income

$32,794$130,909

Median home value

$61,000$178,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shepherd	Winn
Under 5	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	4.1%
18 to 24	14.0%	42.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	27.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	2.8%
75 and over	4.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shepherd	Winn
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	95.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shepherd	Winn
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	71.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shepherd	Winn
Drove alone	88.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shepherd	Winn
1-unit, detached	73.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shepherd	Winn
Poverty rate	15.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.76	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1962	1956