Hart vs Pentwater

A side-by-side comparison of Hart and Pentwater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hart has the higher population (1,931 vs 885 in Pentwater). Pentwater has the higher median household income ($76,688 vs $55,066 in Hart). Pentwater has the higher median home value ($347,200 vs $119,700 in Hart).

Population, income & housing

	Hart	Pentwater
Population	1,931	885
Median age	40.5 yrs	65.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,066	$76,688
Median home value	$119,700	$347,200
Median gross rent	$800	$540
Housing units	792	1,041
Homeownership rate	59.8%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	55.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hart	Pentwater
Population	2,106 → 1,931 (-8.3%)	717 → 885 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$40,521 → $55,066 (+35.9%)	$50,655 → $76,688 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $119,700 (+38.1%)	$247,400 → $347,200 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $800 (+18.7%)	$593 → $540 (-8.9%)

Hart

Population

2,1061,931

Median household income

$40,521$55,066

Median home value

$86,700$119,700

Median gross rent

$674$800

Pentwater

Population

717885

Median household income

$50,655$76,688

Median home value

$247,400$347,200

Median gross rent

$593$540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hart	Pentwater
Under 5	5.3%	0.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	7.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	1.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	4.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	32.1%
75 and over	9.7%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hart	Pentwater
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	98.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hart	Pentwater
No high school diploma	12.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.8%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hart	Pentwater
Drove alone	76.5%	64.4%
Carpooled	16.4%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	30.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hart	Pentwater
1-unit, detached	73.7%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Hart	Pentwater
Poverty rate	19.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1948	1971