Big Bay vs Trowbridge Park

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bay and Trowbridge Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trowbridge Park has the higher population (2,271 vs 307 in Big Bay). Trowbridge Park has the higher median household income ($63,176 vs $48,672 in Big Bay). Big Bay has the higher median home value ($261,400 vs $227,200 in Trowbridge Park).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bay	Trowbridge Park
Population	307	2,271
Median age	53.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,672	$63,176
Median home value	$261,400	$227,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,191
Housing units	292	1,136
Homeownership rate	82.4%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bay	Trowbridge Park
Population	189 → 307 (+62.4%)	2,278 → 2,271 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $48,672 (-20.5%)	$63,919 → $63,176 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $261,400 (+57.6%)	$163,600 → $227,200 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$961 → $1,191 (+23.9%)

Big Bay

Population

189307

Median household income

$61,250$48,672

Median home value

$165,900$261,400

Trowbridge Park

Population

2,2782,271

Median household income

$63,919$63,176

Median home value

$163,600$227,200

Median gross rent

$961$1,191

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bay	Trowbridge Park
Under 5	5.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	18.0%
25 to 34	4.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	5.7%
45 to 54	15.6%	5.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	21.8%	19.9%
75 and over	11.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bay	Trowbridge Park
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
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	6.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bay	Trowbridge Park
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	28.9%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bay	Trowbridge Park
Drove alone	62.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	37.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bay	Trowbridge Park
1-unit, detached	93.8%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Big Bay	Trowbridge Park
Poverty rate	22.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	11
Median year structure built	1967	1988