Shiawassee County vs Van Buren County

A side-by-side comparison of Shiawassee County and Van Buren County: population, income, housing, and more.

Shiawassee County and Van Buren County are counties in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Van Buren County has the higher population (75,681 vs 68,061 in Shiawassee County). Van Buren County has the higher median household income ($66,902 vs $64,464 in Shiawassee County). Van Buren County has the higher median home value ($189,900 vs $164,600 in Shiawassee County).

Population, income & housing

	Shiawassee County	Van Buren County
Population	68,061	75,681
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,464	$66,902
Median home value	$164,600	$189,900
Median gross rent	$876	$845
Housing units	30,272	37,243
Homeownership rate	79.3%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shiawassee County	Van Buren County
Population	68,340 → 68,061 (-0.4%)	75,358 → 75,681 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$56,032 → $64,464 (+15.0%)	$54,485 → $66,902 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $164,600 (+34.6%)	$139,400 → $189,900 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $876 (+19.7%)	$705 → $845 (+19.9%)

Shiawassee County

Population

68,34068,061

Median household income

$56,032$64,464

Median home value

$122,300$164,600

Median gross rent

$732$876

Van Buren County

Population

75,35875,681

Median household income

$54,485$66,902

Median home value

$139,400$189,900

Median gross rent

$705$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shiawassee County	Van Buren County
Under 5	5.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.3%
75 and over	7.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shiawassee County	Van Buren County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shiawassee County	Van Buren County
No high school diploma	7.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	34.6%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shiawassee County	Van Buren County
Drove alone	80.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shiawassee County	Van Buren County
1-unit, detached	79.8%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Shiawassee County	Van Buren County
Poverty rate	11.7%	13.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1969	1977