Eagle Harbor vs Eagle River

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Harbor and Eagle River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eagle Harbor has the higher population (130 vs 77 in Eagle River). Eagle Harbor has the higher median household income ($106,625 vs $61,250 in Eagle River). Eagle River has the higher median home value ($286,100 vs $267,900 in Eagle Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Harbor	Eagle River
Population	130	77
Median age	69.5 yrs	70.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,625	$61,250
Median home value	$267,900	$286,100
Housing units	194	153
Homeownership rate	93.7%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	28.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Harbor	Eagle River
Population	95 → 130 (+36.8%)	112 → 77 (-31.3%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $106,625 (+44.6%)	$50,625 → $61,250 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$260,700 → $267,900 (+2.8%)	$193,800 → $286,100 (+47.6%)

Eagle Harbor

Population

95130

Median household income

$73,750$106,625

Median home value

$260,700$267,900

Eagle River

Population

11277

Median household income

$50,625$61,250

Median home value

$193,800$286,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Harbor	Eagle River
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	1.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.8%	16.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	1.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.7%	6.5%
65 to 74	20.8%	59.7%
75 and over	36.9%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Harbor	Eagle River
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Harbor	Eagle River
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.1%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	44.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	31.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Harbor	Eagle River
Drove alone	37.8%	40.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	35.6%	40.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Harbor	Eagle River
1-unit, detached	97.9%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Harbor	Eagle River
Poverty rate	3.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.06	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	7	32
Median year structure built	1971	1965