
Michigan · Census place 73730
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, MI population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, Michigan (Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, MI — Census place “Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP”) is 1,468 residents, ranking #361 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $80,642, the median home is worth $296,000 and median gross rent runs $861 a month. Looking for the Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert Michigan ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, MI: 49115, 49125.
- Population
- 1,468Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP residents
- Median household income
- $80,642Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $296,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $861Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 54.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 95.2%Owner-occupied households
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert ZIP codes (Michigan)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert.
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What the numbers mean in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP median would spend about 12.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.7% of residents and 95.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP, MI in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP is a small town in Michigan, with 1,468 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #361 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 54.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP earn a median of $80,642 a year, 2.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 31% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.7% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP is valued at $296,000, 2.4% below the national figure and 78% above the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $861 a month, 38.8% below the national figure, or roughly $10,332 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 95.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 54.7 puts Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP?
- Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP has 1,468 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #361 of 745 in Michigan.
- What is the median household income in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP?
- Median household income in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP is $80,642 a year, 2.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP?
- Median gross rent is $861 a month and the median home value is $296,000, so rent absorbs about 12.8% of median household income.
- Is Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.