Pentwater vs Walkerville

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

Pentwater and Walkerville 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 283 in Walkerville). Pentwater has the higher median household income ($76,688 vs $39,375 in Walkerville). Pentwater has the higher median home value ($347,200 vs $50,600 in Walkerville).

Population, income & housing

	Pentwater	Walkerville
Population	885	283
Median age	65.4 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,688	$39,375
Median home value	$347,200	$50,600
Median gross rent	$540	—
Housing units	1,041	111
Homeownership rate	83.5%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pentwater	Walkerville
Population	717 → 885 (+23.4%)	224 → 283 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$50,655 → $76,688 (+51.4%)	$39,375 → $39,375 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$247,400 → $347,200 (+40.3%)	$55,000 → $50,600 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $540 (-8.9%)	$650 → $650 (+0.0%)

Pentwater

Population

717885

Median household income

$50,655$76,688

Median home value

$247,400$347,200

Median gross rent

$593$540

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)

	Pentwater	Walkerville
Under 5	0.8%	11.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	26.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	4.7%	4.6%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	17.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	32.1%	5.7%
75 and over	19.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pentwater	Walkerville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	71.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pentwater	Walkerville
No high school diploma	7.1%	14.7%
High school graduate	17.3%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pentwater	Walkerville
Drove alone	64.4%	90.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pentwater	Walkerville
1-unit, detached	80.3%	44.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	52.3%

Poverty & households

	Pentwater	Walkerville
Poverty rate	11.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1971	1981