Empire vs Northport

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

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

Northport has the higher population (413 vs 384 in Empire). Empire has the higher median household income ($75,938 vs $71,250 in Northport). Empire has the higher median home value ($368,400 vs $243,100 in Northport).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Northport
Population	384	413
Median age	63.7 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$71,250
Median home value	$368,400	$243,100
Median gross rent	$379	$1,069
Housing units	342	369
Homeownership rate	81.9%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Northport
Population	263 → 384 (+46.0%)	457 → 413 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$38,977 → $75,938 (+94.8%)	$44,904 → $71,250 (+58.7%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $368,400 (+62.0%)	$200,700 → $243,100 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$361 → $379 (+5.0%)	$1,072 → $1,069 (-0.3%)

Empire

Population

263384

Median household income

$38,977$75,938

Median home value

$227,400$368,400

Median gross rent

$361$379

Northport

Population

457413

Median household income

$44,904$71,250

Median home value

$200,700$243,100

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Northport
Under 5	1.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	3.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	3.1%	4.4%
35 to 44	8.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	2.1%	2.9%
55 to 64	23.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	27.9%	33.2%
75 and over	17.4%	22.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Northport
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	94.9%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Northport
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	13.9%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Northport
Drove alone	73.7%	68.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.4%
Worked from home	18.8%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Northport
1-unit, detached	88.3%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Northport
Poverty rate	15.1%	16.3%
Average household size	1.99	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1973	1971