Pentwater vs Shelby

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

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

Shelby has the higher population (2,571 vs 885 in Pentwater). Pentwater has the higher median household income ($76,688 vs $53,309 in Shelby). Pentwater has the higher median home value ($347,200 vs $124,000 in Shelby).

Population, income & housing

	Pentwater	Shelby
Population	885	2,571
Median age	65.4 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,688	$53,309
Median home value	$347,200	$124,000
Median gross rent	$540	$682
Housing units	1,041	877
Homeownership rate	83.5%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pentwater	Shelby
Population	717 → 885 (+23.4%)	2,427 → 2,571 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$50,655 → $76,688 (+51.4%)	$43,511 → $53,309 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$247,400 → $347,200 (+40.3%)	$87,700 → $124,000 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $540 (-8.9%)	$728 → $682 (-6.3%)

Pentwater

Population

717885

Median household income

$50,655$76,688

Median home value

$247,400$347,200

Median gross rent

$593$540

Shelby

Population

2,4272,571

Median household income

$43,511$53,309

Median home value

$87,700$124,000

Median gross rent

$728$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pentwater	Shelby
Under 5	0.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	24.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	4.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	7.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	7.3%
65 to 74	32.1%	7.4%
75 and over	19.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pentwater	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	39.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	58.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pentwater	Shelby
No high school diploma	7.1%	17.2%
High school graduate	17.3%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pentwater	Shelby
Drove alone	64.4%	75.1%
Carpooled	2.1%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.1%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pentwater	Shelby
1-unit, detached	80.3%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Pentwater	Shelby
Poverty rate	11.4%	16.8%
Average household size	2.03	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1971	1961