Northport vs Suttons Bay

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

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

Suttons Bay has the higher population (587 vs 413 in Northport). Suttons Bay has the higher median household income ($123,125 vs $71,250 in Northport). Suttons Bay has the higher median home value ($524,700 vs $243,100 in Northport).

Population, income & housing

	Northport	Suttons Bay
Population	413	587
Median age	67.5 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$123,125
Median home value	$243,100	$524,700
Median gross rent	$1,069	—
Housing units	369	549
Homeownership rate	90.0%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	63.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northport	Suttons Bay
Population	457 → 413 (-9.6%)	544 → 587 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$44,904 → $71,250 (+58.7%)	$76,875 → $123,125 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$200,700 → $243,100 (+21.1%)	$365,500 → $524,700 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,072 → $1,069 (-0.3%)	$864 → $1,600 (+85.2%)

Northport

Population

457413

Median household income

$44,904$71,250

Median home value

$200,700$243,100

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,069

Suttons Bay

Population

544587

Median household income

$76,875$123,125

Median home value

$365,500$524,700

Median gross rent

$864$1,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northport	Suttons Bay
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.4%	4.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	3.4%
25 to 34	4.4%	3.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	5.6%
45 to 54	2.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	33.2%	33.6%
75 and over	22.5%	30.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northport	Suttons Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
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	0.2%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northport	Suttons Bay
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	20.5%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	46.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northport	Suttons Bay
Drove alone	68.6%	50.2%
Carpooled	1.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	15.1%
Bicycle	4.4%	4.1%
Worked from home	19.0%	24.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northport	Suttons Bay
1-unit, detached	88.1%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	31.5%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northport	Suttons Bay
Poverty rate	16.3%	5.2%
Average household size	1.84	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1971	1988