Pellston vs Petoskey

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

Pellston 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 834 in Pellston). Petoskey has the higher median household income ($71,783 vs $59,464 in Pellston). Petoskey has the higher median home value ($319,300 vs $117,100 in Pellston).

Population, income & housing

	Pellston	Petoskey
Population	834	5,851
Median age	35.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,464	$71,783
Median home value	$117,100	$319,300
Median gross rent	$1,013	$872
Housing units	351	3,202
Homeownership rate	73.5%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pellston	Petoskey
Population	932 → 834 (-10.5%)	5,724 → 5,851 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$34,688 → $59,464 (+71.4%)	$45,107 → $71,783 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $117,100 (+36.2%)	$177,000 → $319,300 (+80.4%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,013 (+19.2%)	$714 → $872 (+22.1%)

Pellston

Population

932834

Median household income

$34,688$59,464

Median home value

$86,000$117,100

Median gross rent

$850$1,013

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)

	Pellston	Petoskey
Under 5	8.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.7%
75 and over	5.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pellston	Petoskey
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.4%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pellston	Petoskey
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	43.3%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pellston	Petoskey
Drove alone	87.9%	63.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.7%	12.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.9%
Worked from home	2.5%	9.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pellston	Petoskey
1-unit, detached	74.9%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	22.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pellston	Petoskey
Poverty rate	17.1%	8.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1986	1974