Luna Pier vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Luna Pier and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Luna Pier and Petersburg are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Petersburg has the higher population (1,261 vs 1,204 in Luna Pier). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($76,071 vs $51,830 in Luna Pier). Petersburg has the higher median home value ($197,100 vs $176,000 in Luna Pier).

Population, income & housing

	Luna Pier	Petersburg
Population	1,204	1,261
Median age	48.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,830	$76,071
Median home value	$176,000	$197,100
Median gross rent	$397	$1,019
Housing units	708	483
Homeownership rate	79.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luna Pier	Petersburg
Population	1,217 → 1,204 (-1.1%)	1,200 → 1,261 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $51,830 (+25.6%)	$58,147 → $76,071 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $176,000 (+29.4%)	$129,900 → $197,100 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$383 → $397 (+3.7%)	$752 → $1,019 (+35.5%)

Luna Pier

Population

1,2171,204

Median household income

$41,250$51,830

Median home value

$136,000$176,000

Median gross rent

$383$397

Petersburg

Population

1,2001,261

Median household income

$58,147$76,071

Median home value

$129,900$197,100

Median gross rent

$752$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luna Pier	Petersburg
Under 5	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	6.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	23.2%	6.3%
75 and over	9.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luna Pier	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luna Pier	Petersburg
No high school diploma	3.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	29.7%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luna Pier	Petersburg
Drove alone	82.2%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luna Pier	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	74.2%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Luna Pier	Petersburg
Poverty rate	27.1%	4.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1958	1952