Mackinaw City vs Pellston

A side-by-side comparison of Mackinaw City and Pellston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pellston has the higher population (834 vs 647 in Mackinaw City). Pellston has the higher median household income ($59,464 vs $40,536 in Mackinaw City). Mackinaw City has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $117,100 in Pellston).

Population, income & housing

	Mackinaw City	Pellston
Population	647	834
Median age	57.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,536	$59,464
Median home value	$210,500	$117,100
Median gross rent	$694	$1,013
Housing units	630	351
Homeownership rate	72.3%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	24.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mackinaw City	Pellston
Population	805 → 647 (-19.6%)	932 → 834 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $40,536 (+11.8%)	$34,688 → $59,464 (+71.4%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $210,500 (+38.9%)	$86,000 → $117,100 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $694 (+1.2%)	$850 → $1,013 (+19.2%)

Mackinaw City

Population

805647

Median household income

$36,250$40,536

Median home value

$151,600$210,500

Median gross rent

$686$694

Pellston

Population

932834

Median household income

$34,688$59,464

Median home value

$86,000$117,100

Median gross rent

$850$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mackinaw City	Pellston
Under 5	4.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	11.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	2.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	22.1%	5.3%
75 and over	13.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mackinaw City	Pellston
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	76.9%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	9.4%
Asian	4.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mackinaw City	Pellston
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	34.0%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mackinaw City	Pellston
Drove alone	66.2%	87.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.0%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.3%	2.5%
Other means	4.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mackinaw City	Pellston
1-unit, detached	75.4%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	10.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Mackinaw City	Pellston
Poverty rate	17.0%	17.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1967	1986