Empire vs Glen Arbor

A side-by-side comparison of Empire and Glen Arbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Empire has the higher population (384 vs 313 in Glen Arbor). Glen Arbor has the higher median household income ($178,750 vs $75,938 in Empire). Glen Arbor has the higher median home value ($690,200 vs $368,400 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Glen Arbor
Population	384	313
Median age	63.7 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$178,750
Median home value	$368,400	$690,200
Median gross rent	$379	—
Housing units	342	329
Homeownership rate	81.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	74.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Glen Arbor
Population	263 → 384 (+46.0%)	129 → 313 (+142.6%)
Median household income	$38,977 → $75,938 (+94.8%)	$109,167 → $178,750 (+63.7%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $368,400 (+62.0%)	$602,900 → $690,200 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$361 → $379 (+5.0%)	—

Empire

Population

263384

Median household income

$38,977$75,938

Median home value

$227,400$368,400

Median gross rent

$361$379

Glen Arbor

Population

129313

Median household income

$109,167$178,750

Median home value

$602,900$690,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Glen Arbor
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	3.1%	1.9%
35 to 44	8.6%	1.9%
45 to 54	2.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	23.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	27.9%	40.3%
75 and over	17.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Glen Arbor
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Glen Arbor
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.9%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	61.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Glen Arbor
Drove alone	73.7%	55.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.4%
Worked from home	18.8%	33.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Glen Arbor
1-unit, detached	88.3%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Glen Arbor
Poverty rate	15.1%	0.0%
Average household size	1.99	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1973	1995