Chatham vs Grand Marais

A side-by-side comparison of Chatham and Grand Marais: population, income, housing, and more.

Chatham and Grand Marais are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand Marais has the higher population (255 vs 123 in Chatham). Grand Marais has the higher median household income ($55,809 vs $47,813 in Chatham). Grand Marais has the higher median home value ($158,500 vs $154,200 in Chatham).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Grand Marais
Population	123	255
Median age	65.3 yrs	67.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,813	$55,809
Median home value	$154,200	$158,500
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	96	445
Homeownership rate	75.3%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Grand Marais
Population	192 → 123 (-35.9%)	317 → 255 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$54,444 → $47,813 (-12.2%)	$38,939 → $55,809 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $154,200 (+44.7%)	$143,600 → $158,500 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$546 → $683 (+25.1%)	$666 → $798 (+19.8%)

Chatham

Population

192123

Median household income

$54,444$47,813

Median home value

$106,600$154,200

Median gross rent

$546$683

Grand Marais

Population

317255

Median household income

$38,939$55,809

Median home value

$143,600$158,500

Median gross rent

$666$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Grand Marais
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.3%	9.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.5%
55 to 64	20.3%	7.8%
65 to 74	30.1%	47.1%
75 and over	21.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Grand Marais
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Grand Marais
No high school diploma	0.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	54.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Grand Marais
Drove alone	77.8%	49.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.0%
Other means	8.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Grand Marais
1-unit, detached	81.3%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Grand Marais
Poverty rate	18.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.66	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	5
Median year structure built	1964	1981