Ecorse vs Highland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Ecorse and Highland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ecorse has the higher population (9,170 vs 8,798 in Highland Park). Ecorse has the higher median household income ($45,082 vs $27,582 in Highland Park). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($75,800 vs $59,400 in Ecorse).

Population, income & housing

	Ecorse	Highland Park
Population	9,170	8,798
Median age	36.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,082	$27,582
Median home value	$59,400	$75,800
Median gross rent	$879	$691
Housing units	4,160	5,693
Homeownership rate	64.8%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ecorse	Highland Park
Population	9,432 → 9,170 (-2.8%)	10,867 → 8,798 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$28,991 → $45,082 (+55.5%)	$18,474 → $27,582 (+49.3%)
Median home value	$42,100 → $59,400 (+41.1%)	$45,700 → $75,800 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $879 (+7.1%)	$596 → $691 (+15.9%)

Ecorse

Population

9,4329,170

Median household income

$28,991$45,082

Median home value

$42,100$59,400

Median gross rent

$821$879

Highland Park

Population

10,8678,798

Median household income

$18,474$27,582

Median home value

$45,700$75,800

Median gross rent

$596$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ecorse	Highland Park
Under 5	8.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.4%
75 and over	8.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ecorse	Highland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	25.6%	9.2%
Black or African American	44.8%	85.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ecorse	Highland Park
No high school diploma	28.5%	16.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ecorse	Highland Park
Drove alone	76.1%	64.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.7%	12.3%
Walked	2.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.0%
Other means	0.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ecorse	Highland Park
1-unit, detached	73.9%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	8.3%
20 or more units	3.3%	21.1%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Ecorse	Highland Park
Poverty rate	24.0%	41.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1954	1948