Harvey vs West Ishpeming

A side-by-side comparison of Harvey and West Ishpeming: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harvey has the higher population (3,080 vs 2,714 in West Ishpeming). West Ishpeming has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $75,188 in Harvey). Harvey has the higher median home value ($235,600 vs $166,100 in West Ishpeming).

Population, income & housing

	Harvey	West Ishpeming
Population	3,080	2,714
Median age	41.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,188	$80,500
Median home value	$235,600	$166,100
Median gross rent	$835	$1,048
Housing units	1,342	1,123
Homeownership rate	83.5%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvey	West Ishpeming
Population	1,534 → 3,080 (+100.8%)	2,739 → 2,714 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$48,869 → $75,188 (+53.9%)	$60,921 → $80,500 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$174,400 → $235,600 (+35.1%)	$122,500 → $166,100 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $835 (+25.4%)	$721 → $1,048 (+45.4%)

Harvey

Population

1,5343,080

Median household income

$48,869$75,188

Median home value

$174,400$235,600

Median gross rent

$666$835

West Ishpeming

Population

2,7392,714

Median household income

$60,921$80,500

Median home value

$122,500$166,100

Median gross rent

$721$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvey	West Ishpeming
Under 5	3.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.6%
75 and over	6.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvey	West Ishpeming
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.4%
Asian	0.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvey	West Ishpeming
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	17.4%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvey	West Ishpeming
Drove alone	87.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvey	West Ishpeming
1-unit, detached	76.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Harvey	West Ishpeming
Poverty rate	9.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1977	1971