Northview vs Walker

A side-by-side comparison of Northview and Walker: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walker has the higher population (25,201 vs 15,225 in Northview). Northview has the higher median household income ($82,853 vs $73,835 in Walker). Walker has the higher median home value ($266,400 vs $262,200 in Northview).

Population, income & housing

	Northview	Walker
Population	15,225	25,201
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,853	$73,835
Median home value	$262,200	$266,400
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,121
Housing units	6,574	10,634
Homeownership rate	76.9%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northview	Walker
Population	15,394 → 15,225 (-1.1%)	24,816 → 25,201 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$60,829 → $82,853 (+36.2%)	$65,170 → $73,835 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $262,200 (+56.4%)	$174,700 → $266,400 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,313 (+35.5%)	$850 → $1,121 (+31.9%)

Northview

Population

15,39415,225

Median household income

$60,829$82,853

Median home value

$167,700$262,200

Median gross rent

$969$1,313

Walker

Population

24,81625,201

Median household income

$65,170$73,835

Median home value

$174,700$266,400

Median gross rent

$850$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northview	Walker
Under 5	5.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	18.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.3%
75 and over	9.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northview	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	84.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northview	Walker
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	26.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northview	Walker
Drove alone	80.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.8%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	8.4%
Other means	0.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northview	Walker
1-unit, detached	69.1%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	18.9%
20 or more units	4.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Northview	Walker
Poverty rate	6.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1977	1984