Petersburg vs Stony Point

A side-by-side comparison of Petersburg and Stony Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stony Point has the higher population (1,999 vs 1,261 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($76,071 vs $57,250 in Stony Point). Stony Point has the higher median home value ($205,400 vs $197,100 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Petersburg	Stony Point
Population	1,261	1,999
Median age	39.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,071	$57,250
Median home value	$197,100	$205,400
Median gross rent	$1,019	$999
Housing units	483	837
Homeownership rate	83.5%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petersburg	Stony Point
Population	1,200 → 1,261 (+5.1%)	1,762 → 1,999 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$58,147 → $76,071 (+30.8%)	$73,750 → $57,250 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $197,100 (+51.7%)	$121,000 → $205,400 (+69.8%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $1,019 (+35.5%)	$1,171 → $999 (-14.7%)

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

Stony Point

Population

1,7621,999

Median household income

$73,750$57,250

Median home value

$121,000$205,400

Median gross rent

$1,171$999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Petersburg	Stony Point
Under 5	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	21.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	17.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.7%
75 and over	5.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petersburg	Stony Point
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.9%
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	1.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petersburg	Stony Point
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petersburg	Stony Point
Drove alone	77.7%	88.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	7.8%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petersburg	Stony Point
1-unit, detached	92.8%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Petersburg	Stony Point
Poverty rate	4.0%	10.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1952	1970