Alanson vs Petoskey

A side-by-side comparison of Alanson and Petoskey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Petoskey has the higher population (5,851 vs 943 in Alanson). Petoskey has the higher median household income ($71,783 vs $61,563 in Alanson). Petoskey has the higher median home value ($319,300 vs $121,200 in Alanson).

Population, income & housing

	Alanson	Petoskey
Population	943	5,851
Median age	44.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,563	$71,783
Median home value	$121,200	$319,300
Median gross rent	$521	$872
Housing units	520	3,202
Homeownership rate	81.6%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alanson	Petoskey
Population	909 → 943 (+3.7%)	5,724 → 5,851 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$40,658 → $61,563 (+51.4%)	$45,107 → $71,783 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $121,200 (+17.8%)	$177,000 → $319,300 (+80.4%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $521 (-31.2%)	$714 → $872 (+22.1%)

Alanson

Population

909943

Median household income

$40,658$61,563

Median home value

$102,900$121,200

Median gross rent

$757$521

Petoskey

Population

5,7245,851

Median household income

$45,107$71,783

Median home value

$177,000$319,300

Median gross rent

$714$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alanson	Petoskey
Under 5	3.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	18.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	20.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.7%
75 and over	4.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alanson	Petoskey
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	1.1%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alanson	Petoskey
No high school diploma	8.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	42.1%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alanson	Petoskey
Drove alone	80.9%	63.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.7%	12.4%
Bicycle	3.3%	2.9%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alanson	Petoskey
1-unit, detached	69.8%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	22.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alanson	Petoskey
Poverty rate	13.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1982	1974