Mackinaw City vs Petoskey

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

Mackinaw City 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 647 in Mackinaw City). Petoskey has the higher median household income ($71,783 vs $40,536 in Mackinaw City). Petoskey has the higher median home value ($319,300 vs $210,500 in Mackinaw City).

Population, income & housing

	Mackinaw City	Petoskey
Population	647	5,851
Median age	57.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,536	$71,783
Median home value	$210,500	$319,300
Median gross rent	$694	$872
Housing units	630	3,202
Homeownership rate	72.3%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	24.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mackinaw City	Petoskey
Population	805 → 647 (-19.6%)	5,724 → 5,851 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $40,536 (+11.8%)	$45,107 → $71,783 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $210,500 (+38.9%)	$177,000 → $319,300 (+80.4%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $694 (+1.2%)	$714 → $872 (+22.1%)

Mackinaw City

Population

805647

Median household income

$36,250$40,536

Median home value

$151,600$210,500

Median gross rent

$686$694

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)

	Mackinaw City	Petoskey
Under 5	4.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	2.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	22.1%	11.7%
75 and over	13.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mackinaw City	Petoskey
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	86.7%
Black or African American	6.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	1.1%
Asian	4.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mackinaw City	Petoskey
No high school diploma	8.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	34.0%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mackinaw City	Petoskey
Drove alone	66.2%	63.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	11.1%
Public transit	4.0%	0.5%
Walked	9.8%	12.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	9.3%	9.4%
Other means	4.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mackinaw City	Petoskey
1-unit, detached	75.4%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	22.3%
20 or more units	10.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mackinaw City	Petoskey
Poverty rate	17.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1967	1974