Baraga vs Zeba

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

Baraga and Zeba 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 353 in Zeba). Zeba has the higher median household income ($42,500 vs $39,297 in Baraga). Baraga has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $97,000 in Zeba).

Population, income & housing

	Baraga	Zeba
Population	1,948	353
Median age	37.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,297	$42,500
Median home value	$101,000	$97,000
Median gross rent	$434	—
Housing units	624	155
Homeownership rate	49.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraga	Zeba
Population	2,142 → 1,948 (-9.1%)	389 → 353 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$30,667 → $39,297 (+28.1%)	$39,500 → $42,500 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $101,000 (+15.8%)	$81,900 → $97,000 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $434 (-9.8%)	$708 → $765 (+8.1%)

Baraga

Population

2,1421,948

Median household income

$30,667$39,297

Median home value

$87,200$101,000

Median gross rent

$481$434

Zeba

Population

389353

Median household income

$39,500$42,500

Median home value

$81,900$97,000

Median gross rent

$708$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraga	Zeba
Under 5	3.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	8.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	15.3%
25 to 34	24.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	21.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.5%
75 and over	5.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraga	Zeba
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	42.2%
Black or African American	26.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.2%	49.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraga	Zeba
No high school diploma	11.6%	17.7%
High school graduate	54.3%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraga	Zeba
Drove alone	86.6%	72.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	22.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraga	Zeba
1-unit, detached	63.5%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Baraga	Zeba
Poverty rate	18.2%	29.7%
Average household size	1.91	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	10	20
Median year structure built	1973	1978