New Era vs Rothbury

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

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

New Era has the higher population (453 vs 377 in Rothbury). New Era has the higher median household income ($81,500 vs $46,250 in Rothbury). New Era has the higher median home value ($172,200 vs $114,500 in Rothbury).

Population, income & housing

	New Era	Rothbury
Population	453	377
Median age	53.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,500	$46,250
Median home value	$172,200	$114,500
Median gross rent	$967	$910
Housing units	193	167
Homeownership rate	94.4%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Era	Rothbury
Population	472 → 453 (-4.0%)	446 → 377 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$65,938 → $81,500 (+23.6%)	$49,375 → $46,250 (-6.3%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $172,200 (+46.7%)	$96,500 → $114,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $967 (+51.6%)	$646 → $910 (+40.9%)

New Era

Population

472453

Median household income

$65,938$81,500

Median home value

$117,400$172,200

Median gross rent

$638$967

Rothbury

Population

446377

Median household income

$49,375$46,250

Median home value

$96,500$114,500

Median gross rent

$646$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Era	Rothbury
Under 5	2.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	4.9%	20.7%
45 to 54	16.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	18.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.1%
75 and over	10.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Era	Rothbury
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.3%
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%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Era	Rothbury
No high school diploma	4.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Era	Rothbury
Drove alone	79.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Era	Rothbury
1-unit, detached	97.9%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	28.1%

Poverty & households

	New Era	Rothbury
Poverty rate	7.3%	14.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1961	1971