Three Rivers vs White Pigeon

A side-by-side comparison of Three Rivers and White Pigeon: population, income, housing, and more.

Three Rivers and White Pigeon are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Three Rivers has the higher population (7,936 vs 1,637 in White Pigeon). Three Rivers has the higher median household income ($48,852 vs $44,063 in White Pigeon). White Pigeon has the higher median home value ($143,100 vs $120,200 in Three Rivers).

Population, income & housing

	Three Rivers	White Pigeon
Population	7,936	1,637
Median age	34.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,852	$44,063
Median home value	$120,200	$143,100
Median gross rent	$815	$769
Housing units	3,558	778
Homeownership rate	54.3%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Three Rivers	White Pigeon
Population	7,659 → 7,936 (+3.6%)	1,613 → 1,637 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$43,136 → $48,852 (+13.3%)	$43,603 → $44,063 (+1.1%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $120,200 (+39.9%)	$83,900 → $143,100 (+70.6%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $815 (+17.9%)	$709 → $769 (+8.5%)

Three Rivers

Population

7,6597,936

Median household income

$43,136$48,852

Median home value

$85,900$120,200

Median gross rent

$691$815

White Pigeon

Population

1,6131,637

Median household income

$43,603$44,063

Median home value

$83,900$143,100

Median gross rent

$709$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Three Rivers	White Pigeon
Under 5	6.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.2%
75 and over	5.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Three Rivers	White Pigeon
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	89.6%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Three Rivers	White Pigeon
No high school diploma	9.9%	17.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Three Rivers	White Pigeon
Drove alone	75.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	15.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Three Rivers	White Pigeon
1-unit, detached	61.9%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	5.8%
20 or more units	12.1%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Three Rivers	White Pigeon
Poverty rate	15.0%	24.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1957	1956