Eastport vs Mancelona

A side-by-side comparison of Eastport and Mancelona: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mancelona has the higher population (1,496 vs 369 in Eastport). Eastport has the higher median household income ($54,457 vs $50,430 in Mancelona). Eastport has the higher median home value ($506,900 vs $123,900 in Mancelona).

Population, income & housing

	Eastport	Mancelona
Population	369	1,496
Median age	66.9 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,457	$50,430
Median home value	$506,900	$123,900
Median gross rent	—	$956
Housing units	255	678
Homeownership rate	84.9%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastport	Mancelona
Population	245 → 369 (+50.6%)	1,574 → 1,496 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$81,563 → $54,457 (-33.2%)	$41,283 → $50,430 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$529,200 → $506,900 (-4.2%)	$75,400 → $123,900 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$843 → $956 (+13.4%)

Eastport

Population

245369

Median household income

$81,563$54,457

Median home value

$529,200$506,900

Mancelona

Population

1,5741,496

Median household income

$41,283$50,430

Median home value

$75,400$123,900

Median gross rent

$843$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastport	Mancelona
Under 5	2.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	2.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	13.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	2.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	43.1%	7.8%
75 and over	13.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastport	Mancelona
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	0.7%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastport	Mancelona
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	8.8%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	55.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastport	Mancelona
Drove alone	47.9%	82.5%
Carpooled	15.7%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastport	Mancelona
1-unit, detached	99.2%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastport	Mancelona
Poverty rate	14.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1970	1967