Boyne City vs Charlevoix

A side-by-side comparison of Boyne City and Charlevoix: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boyne City has the higher population (3,829 vs 2,420 in Charlevoix). Boyne City has the higher median household income ($68,087 vs $52,344 in Charlevoix). Charlevoix has the higher median home value ($294,400 vs $233,900 in Boyne City).

Population, income & housing

	Boyne City	Charlevoix
Population	3,829	2,420
Median age	47.7 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,087	$52,344
Median home value	$233,900	$294,400
Median gross rent	$893	$880
Housing units	2,285	1,973
Homeownership rate	71.3%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyne City	Charlevoix
Population	3,729 → 3,829 (+2.7%)	2,338 → 2,420 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$52,604 → $68,087 (+29.4%)	$31,885 → $52,344 (+64.2%)
Median home value	$147,500 → $233,900 (+58.6%)	$167,800 → $294,400 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $893 (+21.2%)	$567 → $880 (+55.2%)

Boyne City

Population

3,7293,829

Median household income

$52,604$68,087

Median home value

$147,500$233,900

Median gross rent

$737$893

Charlevoix

Population

2,3382,420

Median household income

$31,885$52,344

Median home value

$167,800$294,400

Median gross rent

$567$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyne City	Charlevoix
Under 5	4.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	11.5%
75 and over	9.4%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyne City	Charlevoix
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	92.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyne City	Charlevoix
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	25.0%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyne City	Charlevoix
Drove alone	73.6%	72.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.7%	3.0%
Walked	2.1%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	3.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyne City	Charlevoix
1-unit, detached	66.1%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Boyne City	Charlevoix
Poverty rate	7.5%	25.7%
Average household size	2.04	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1978	1964