New Era vs Pentwater

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

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

Pentwater has the higher population (885 vs 453 in New Era). New Era has the higher median household income ($81,500 vs $76,688 in Pentwater). Pentwater has the higher median home value ($347,200 vs $172,200 in New Era).

Population, income & housing

	New Era	Pentwater
Population	453	885
Median age	53.1 yrs	65.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,500	$76,688
Median home value	$172,200	$347,200
Median gross rent	$967	$540
Housing units	193	1,041
Homeownership rate	94.4%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	55.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Era	Pentwater
Population	472 → 453 (-4.0%)	717 → 885 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$65,938 → $81,500 (+23.6%)	$50,655 → $76,688 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $172,200 (+46.7%)	$247,400 → $347,200 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $967 (+51.6%)	$593 → $540 (-8.9%)

New Era

Population

472453

Median household income

$65,938$81,500

Median home value

$117,400$172,200

Median gross rent

$638$967

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)

	New Era	Pentwater
Under 5	2.2%	0.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	4.7%
35 to 44	4.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	18.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	32.1%
75 and over	10.2%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Era	Pentwater
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Era	Pentwater
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Era	Pentwater
Drove alone	79.4%	64.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	30.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Era	Pentwater
1-unit, detached	97.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	New Era	Pentwater
Poverty rate	7.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1961	1971