Hesperia vs New Era

A side-by-side comparison of Hesperia and New Era: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hesperia has the higher population (1,007 vs 453 in New Era). New Era has the higher median household income ($81,500 vs $44,271 in Hesperia). New Era has the higher median home value ($172,200 vs $121,300 in Hesperia).

Population, income & housing

	Hesperia	New Era
Population	1,007	453
Median age	41.6 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,271	$81,500
Median home value	$121,300	$172,200
Median gross rent	$556	$967
Housing units	423	193
Homeownership rate	72.9%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hesperia	New Era
Population	951 → 1,007 (+5.9%)	472 → 453 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$34,948 → $44,271 (+26.7%)	$65,938 → $81,500 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$82,200 → $121,300 (+47.6%)	$117,400 → $172,200 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $556 (-4.3%)	$638 → $967 (+51.6%)

Hesperia

Population

9511,007

Median household income

$34,948$44,271

Median home value

$82,200$121,300

Median gross rent

$581$556

New Era

Population

472453

Median household income

$65,938$81,500

Median home value

$117,400$172,200

Median gross rent

$638$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hesperia	New Era
Under 5	5.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.1%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	4.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	18.3%
65 to 74	16.5%	16.1%
75 and over	6.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hesperia	New Era
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hesperia	New Era
No high school diploma	12.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	50.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hesperia	New Era
Drove alone	84.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.6%
Worked from home	1.2%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hesperia	New Era
1-unit, detached	77.3%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hesperia	New Era
Poverty rate	18.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1962	1961