Ishpeming vs Trowbridge Park

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

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

Ishpeming has the higher population (6,173 vs 2,271 in Trowbridge Park). Trowbridge Park has the higher median household income ($63,176 vs $52,717 in Ishpeming). Trowbridge Park has the higher median home value ($227,200 vs $109,200 in Ishpeming).

Population, income & housing

	Ishpeming	Trowbridge Park
Population	6,173	2,271
Median age	35.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,717	$63,176
Median home value	$109,200	$227,200
Median gross rent	$688	$1,191
Housing units	2,857	1,136
Homeownership rate	71.0%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ishpeming	Trowbridge Park
Population	6,464 → 6,173 (-4.5%)	2,278 → 2,271 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$46,299 → $52,717 (+13.9%)	$63,919 → $63,176 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $109,200 (+26.4%)	$163,600 → $227,200 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$512 → $688 (+34.4%)	$961 → $1,191 (+23.9%)

Ishpeming

Population

6,4646,173

Median household income

$46,299$52,717

Median home value

$86,400$109,200

Median gross rent

$512$688

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)

	Ishpeming	Trowbridge Park
Under 5	7.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	10.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	18.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	5.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	19.9%
75 and over	7.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ishpeming	Trowbridge Park
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ishpeming	Trowbridge Park
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	31.0%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ishpeming	Trowbridge Park
Drove alone	73.6%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.7%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ishpeming	Trowbridge Park
1-unit, detached	67.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	7.4%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Ishpeming	Trowbridge Park
Poverty rate	17.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	11
Median year structure built	1941	1988