Pearl Beach vs Port Huron

A side-by-side comparison of Pearl Beach and Port Huron: population, income, housing, and more.

Pearl Beach and Port Huron are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Huron has the higher population (28,724 vs 4,846 in Pearl Beach). Pearl Beach has the higher median household income ($84,079 vs $49,377 in Port Huron). Pearl Beach has the higher median home value ($303,000 vs $136,000 in Port Huron).

Population, income & housing

	Pearl Beach	Port Huron
Population	4,846	28,724
Median age	52.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,079	$49,377
Median home value	$303,000	$136,000
Median gross rent	$1,055	$972
Housing units	2,524	13,471
Homeownership rate	90.8%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearl Beach	Port Huron
Population	2,872 → 4,846 (+68.7%)	29,025 → 28,724 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$73,320 → $84,079 (+14.7%)	$38,808 → $49,377 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $303,000 (+31.0%)	$86,700 → $136,000 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $1,055 (+17.5%)	$780 → $972 (+24.6%)

Pearl Beach

Population

2,8724,846

Median household income

$73,320$84,079

Median home value

$231,300$303,000

Median gross rent

$898$1,055

Port Huron

Population

29,02528,724

Median household income

$38,808$49,377

Median home value

$86,700$136,000

Median gross rent

$780$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pearl Beach	Port Huron
Under 5	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	9.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	20.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	10.1%
75 and over	8.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearl Beach	Port Huron
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearl Beach	Port Huron
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearl Beach	Port Huron
Drove alone	85.5%	73.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.7%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearl Beach	Port Huron
1-unit, detached	88.5%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Pearl Beach	Port Huron
Poverty rate	7.7%	22.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	37	21
Median year structure built	1976	1955