Baraga vs Skanee

A side-by-side comparison of Baraga and Skanee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baraga has the higher population (1,948 vs 105 in Skanee). Skanee has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $39,297 in Baraga). Skanee has the higher median home value ($235,000 vs $101,000 in Baraga).

Population, income & housing

	Baraga	Skanee
Population	1,948	105
Median age	37.5 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,297	$81,250
Median home value	$101,000	$235,000
Median gross rent	$434	—
Housing units	624	112
Homeownership rate	49.2%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraga	Skanee
Population	2,142 → 1,948 (-9.1%)	78 → 105 (+34.6%)
Median household income	$30,667 → $39,297 (+28.1%)	$66,818 → $81,250 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $101,000 (+15.8%)	$187,500 → $235,000 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $434 (-9.8%)	—

Baraga

Population

2,1421,948

Median household income

$30,667$39,297

Median home value

$87,200$101,000

Median gross rent

$481$434

Skanee

Population

78105

Median household income

$66,818$81,250

Median home value

$187,500$235,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraga	Skanee
Under 5	3.4%	9.5%
5 to 17	8.9%	3.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	24.2%	18.1%
35 to 44	21.7%	3.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	20.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.6%
75 and over	5.4%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraga	Skanee
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	26.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	8.6%
Two or more races	7.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraga	Skanee
No high school diploma	11.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	54.3%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraga	Skanee
Drove alone	86.6%	64.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	35.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraga	Skanee
1-unit, detached	63.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baraga	Skanee
Poverty rate	18.2%	3.8%
Average household size	1.91	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	10	36
Median year structure built	1973	1976