Cheboygan vs Indian River

A side-by-side comparison of Cheboygan and Indian River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cheboygan has the higher population (4,801 vs 2,210 in Indian River). Indian River has the higher median household income ($60,750 vs $41,338 in Cheboygan). Indian River has the higher median home value ($218,000 vs $118,700 in Cheboygan).

Population, income & housing

	Cheboygan	Indian River
Population	4,801	2,210
Median age	42.1 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,338	$60,750
Median home value	$118,700	$218,000
Median gross rent	$733	$844
Housing units	2,338	2,043
Homeownership rate	64.8%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheboygan	Indian River
Population	4,719 → 4,801 (+1.7%)	1,883 → 2,210 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$34,892 → $41,338 (+18.5%)	$42,989 → $60,750 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $118,700 (+47.3%)	$176,900 → $218,000 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $733 (+1.9%)	$646 → $844 (+30.7%)

Cheboygan

Population

4,7194,801

Median household income

$34,892$41,338

Median home value

$80,600$118,700

Median gross rent

$719$733

Indian River

Population

1,8832,210

Median household income

$42,989$60,750

Median home value

$176,900$218,000

Median gross rent

$646$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheboygan	Indian River
Under 5	3.7%	0.7%
5 to 17	13.7%	7.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	6.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	20.9%
65 to 74	16.3%	16.4%
75 and over	8.4%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheboygan	Indian River
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheboygan	Indian River
No high school diploma	16.2%	15.2%
High school graduate	41.7%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	21.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheboygan	Indian River
Drove alone	71.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	17.0%	14.4%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheboygan	Indian River
1-unit, detached	67.5%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Cheboygan	Indian River
Poverty rate	19.0%	16.0%
Average household size	2.28	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1964	1983