Cheboygan vs Wolverine

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

Cheboygan and Wolverine 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 226 in Wolverine). Wolverine has the higher median household income ($48,250 vs $41,338 in Cheboygan). Wolverine has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $118,700 in Cheboygan).

Population, income & housing

	Cheboygan	Wolverine
Population	4,801	226
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,338	$48,250
Median home value	$118,700	$123,600
Median gross rent	$733	$600
Housing units	2,338	122
Homeownership rate	64.8%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheboygan	Wolverine
Population	4,719 → 4,801 (+1.7%)	253 → 226 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$34,892 → $41,338 (+18.5%)	$24,750 → $48,250 (+94.9%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $118,700 (+47.3%)	$106,300 → $123,600 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $733 (+1.9%)	$636 → $600 (-5.7%)

Cheboygan

Population

4,7194,801

Median household income

$34,892$41,338

Median home value

$80,600$118,700

Median gross rent

$719$733

Wolverine

Population

253226

Median household income

$24,750$48,250

Median home value

$106,300$123,600

Median gross rent

$636$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheboygan	Wolverine
Under 5	3.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	16.3%	11.5%
75 and over	8.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheboygan	Wolverine
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheboygan	Wolverine
No high school diploma	16.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	41.7%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheboygan	Wolverine
Drove alone	71.5%	79.6%
Carpooled	17.0%	14.8%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheboygan	Wolverine
1-unit, detached	67.5%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Cheboygan	Wolverine
Poverty rate	19.0%	28.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1964	1966