New Era vs Walkerville

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

New Era and Walkerville 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 283 in Walkerville). New Era has the higher median household income ($81,500 vs $39,375 in Walkerville). New Era has the higher median home value ($172,200 vs $50,600 in Walkerville).

Population, income & housing

	New Era	Walkerville
Population	453	283
Median age	53.1 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,500	$39,375
Median home value	$172,200	$50,600
Median gross rent	$967	—
Housing units	193	111
Homeownership rate	94.4%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Era	Walkerville
Population	472 → 453 (-4.0%)	224 → 283 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$65,938 → $81,500 (+23.6%)	$39,375 → $39,375 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $172,200 (+46.7%)	$55,000 → $50,600 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $967 (+51.6%)	$650 → $650 (+0.0%)

New Era

Population

472453

Median household income

$65,938$81,500

Median home value

$117,400$172,200

Median gross rent

$638$967

Walkerville

Population

224283

Median household income

$39,375$39,375

Median home value

$55,000$50,600

Median gross rent

$650$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Era	Walkerville
Under 5	2.2%	11.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	26.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	4.6%
35 to 44	4.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	17.0%
55 to 64	18.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	5.7%
75 and over	10.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Era	Walkerville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	71.4%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Era	Walkerville
No high school diploma	4.6%	14.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Era	Walkerville
Drove alone	79.4%	90.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	7.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Era	Walkerville
1-unit, detached	97.9%	44.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	52.3%

Poverty & households

	New Era	Walkerville
Poverty rate	7.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1961	1981