Elberta vs Nessen City

A side-by-side comparison of Elberta and Nessen City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elberta has the higher population (181 vs 115 in Nessen City). Elberta has the higher median household income ($125,938 vs $59,375 in Nessen City). Elberta has the higher median home value ($272,400 vs $122,500 in Nessen City).

Population, income & housing

	Elberta	Nessen City
Population	181	115
Median age	51.4 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,938	$59,375
Median home value	$272,400	$122,500
Housing units	175	57
Homeownership rate	96.6%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elberta	Nessen City
Population	165 → 181 (+9.7%)	103 → 115 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $125,938 (+138.0%)	$26,154 → $59,375 (+127.0%)
Median home value	$116,500 → $272,400 (+133.8%)	$114,300 → $122,500 (+7.2%)

Elberta

Population

165181

Median household income

$52,917$125,938

Median home value

$116,500$272,400

Nessen City

Population

103115

Median household income

$26,154$59,375

Median home value

$114,300$122,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elberta	Nessen City
Under 5	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 17	4.4%	9.6%
18 to 24	2.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	35.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	2.8%	3.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	3.9%	23.5%
65 to 74	21.5%	4.3%
75 and over	19.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elberta	Nessen City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	23.2%	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	1.1%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elberta	Nessen City
No high school diploma	1.2%	8.8%
High school graduate	24.3%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elberta	Nessen City
Drove alone	84.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elberta	Nessen City
1-unit, detached	92.6%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Elberta	Nessen City
Poverty rate	1.1%	13.0%
Average household size	3.12	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	11	27
Median year structure built	1942	1980