Norton Shores vs Roosevelt Park

A side-by-side comparison of Norton Shores and Roosevelt Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norton Shores has the higher population (25,000 vs 4,148 in Roosevelt Park). Norton Shores has the higher median household income ($73,390 vs $60,938 in Roosevelt Park). Norton Shores has the higher median home value ($214,000 vs $178,600 in Roosevelt Park).

Population, income & housing

	Norton Shores	Roosevelt Park
Population	25,000	4,148
Median age	40.1 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,390	$60,938
Median home value	$214,000	$178,600
Median gross rent	$1,286	$1,062
Housing units	10,700	1,995
Homeownership rate	85.9%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norton Shores	Roosevelt Park
Population	24,467 → 25,000 (+2.2%)	3,789 → 4,148 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$63,805 → $73,390 (+15.0%)	$48,921 → $60,938 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$140,400 → $214,000 (+52.4%)	$114,500 → $178,600 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$946 → $1,286 (+35.9%)	$816 → $1,062 (+30.1%)

Norton Shores

Population

24,46725,000

Median household income

$63,805$73,390

Median home value

$140,400$214,000

Median gross rent

$946$1,286

Roosevelt Park

Population

3,7894,148

Median household income

$48,921$60,938

Median home value

$114,500$178,600

Median gross rent

$816$1,062

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norton Shores	Roosevelt Park
Under 5	6.7%	11.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	9.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	23.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.4%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norton Shores	Roosevelt Park
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	72.4%
Black or African American	3.9%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norton Shores	Roosevelt Park
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	23.6%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norton Shores	Roosevelt Park
Drove alone	81.1%	87.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	1.0%
Other means	0.8%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norton Shores	Roosevelt Park
1-unit, detached	76.7%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	17.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norton Shores	Roosevelt Park
Poverty rate	5.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1974	1965