HarveyMI
A town of 2,880, settled in 1860.
Is Harvey a good place to live?
Harvey’s concentration of trails is 0.9 miles per square mile, where Michigan’s towns sit at 0.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest park or preserve is Marquette Underwater Preserve, at 315 acres. We don’t grade Harvey yet; the figures below are still real.
Harvey has grown 133% from 2010 to 2020
1,393 counted in 2010 and 3,244 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Moving to Harvey: who provides what
Harvey is unincorporated, so Marquette County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Harvey.
Harvey has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Employers in Harvey shed 1,393 jobs between 2011 and 2021, to 573. The town’s typical journey to work stands at 16 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Marquette (43%), Ishpeming (6%) and Chocolay Township (5%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 7 miles.
| Harvey | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Harvey stands out in Michigan and nationally: a typical July afternoon there is cooler
Expect cold, snowy winters and cool summers in Harvey. July afternoons reach 75°, January nights drop to 12° and about 102 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Harvey has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from cold waves
On expected storm and flood damage, Harvey sits below 63% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 43% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 39% to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Harvey is
5.1% of Harvey adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. This Michigan town beats the Michigan average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Two figures for adults locally: 29% feel lonely, 21% get no exercise outside work.
| Harvey | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Harvey | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.6% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Harvey
Count the trails in 7 parks and preserves and they come to 6.8 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chocolay Bayou Nature Preserve | 0.5 mi | 13 |
| 2. Marquette Underwater Preserve | — | 315 |
| 3. Marquette Unit | — | 315 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Harvey sells for about $460K
In Harvey, the typical rent is $845 a month. Among households in the town, 81% own their home.
| Harvey | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $845 a month | $1,046 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 81% | 84% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Harvey
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Harvey
About 7 of every 100 Harvey residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
96% of working residents leave Harvey for work
Where Harvey’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Harvey
Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Harvey is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,244 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,393 in 2010, before the CDP was enlarged by the Census Bureau. The CDP is located within Chocolay and Sands townships. Originally called "Harvey Location", the community is a southwest suburb of Marquette at the junction of U.S. Route 41 and M-28.
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- Area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 650 ft
Harvey’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Harvey.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chocolay Township | #176 | A− | B | A− | A− | B |
| Sands Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | B− |
| Marquette | #310 | B | C− | B+ | A− | B |
Sands Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Sands Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Harvey isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Harvey with a neighbor →
Questions about Harvey
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Harvey, MI a good place to live?
We don’t grade Harvey yet; the figures below are still real.