Palmer vs Trowbridge Park

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

Palmer 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 342 in Palmer). Palmer has the higher median household income ($64,000 vs $63,176 in Trowbridge Park). Trowbridge Park has the higher median home value ($227,200 vs $74,700 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Palmer	Trowbridge Park
Population	342	2,271
Median age	39.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,000	$63,176
Median home value	$74,700	$227,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,191
Housing units	169	1,136
Homeownership rate	91.5%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmer	Trowbridge Park
Population	423 → 342 (-19.1%)	2,278 → 2,271 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$51,307 → $64,000 (+24.7%)	$63,919 → $63,176 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $74,700 (+18.8%)	$163,600 → $227,200 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $693 (+10.9%)	$961 → $1,191 (+23.9%)

Palmer

Population

423342

Median household income

$51,307$64,000

Median home value

$62,900$74,700

Median gross rent

$625$693

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)

	Palmer	Trowbridge Park
Under 5	5.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	18.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	5.8%
55 to 64	19.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.2%	19.9%
75 and over	1.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmer	Trowbridge Park
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	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	6.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmer	Trowbridge Park
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	31.3%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmer	Trowbridge Park
Drove alone	70.6%	78.2%
Carpooled	23.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	5.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmer	Trowbridge Park
1-unit, detached	92.3%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Palmer	Trowbridge Park
Poverty rate	3.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	11
Median year structure built	1946	1988