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Ontonagon, MI

1,355 Population
3.7 square miles 368 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.5 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ontonagon County: 59.8 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,630 ±$2,865 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ontonagon County: $34,400 ±$1,700
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,164 ±$5,721 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ontonagon County: $54,398 † ±$5,453
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±4.5% (136  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ontonagon County: 12.5% † 727 (±2.7% / ±157)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.7 minutes ±5.1 (7,200  ±2,720) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ontonagon County: 25 † 46,125 (±3 / ±6,192)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

757 ±81 Number of households
  • Ontonagon County: 3,149 ±131
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.7 ±0 (1,298  ±143) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ontonagon County: 1.8 5,782 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

922 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Ontonagon County: 5,238 ±65
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,200 ±$9,499 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Ontonagon County: $111,700 ±$4,970
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.7% ±7.1% (226  ±98.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Ontonagon County: 9.2% † 535 (±2.2% / ±128)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±4.8% (1,057  ±124.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ontonagon County: 94.5% 4,626 (±4.3% / ±212.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.7% ±4.9% (210  ±59.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ontonagon County: 18.5% † 903 (±2% / ±96.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±1.1% (26  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ontonagon County: 1.1% 64
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.7% ±3.8% (182  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Ontonagon County: 14% 726 (±1.4% / ±72)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
182 Total veterans ±51 173 Male ±49 9 Female ±8

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