Chums Corner vs Traverse City

A side-by-side comparison of Chums Corner and Traverse City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Traverse City has the higher population (15,491 vs 1,012 in Chums Corner). Chums Corner has the higher median household income ($72,933 vs $71,731 in Traverse City). Traverse City has the higher median home value ($367,600 vs $279,200 in Chums Corner).

Population, income & housing

	Chums Corner	Traverse City
Population	1,012	15,491
Median age	56.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,933	$71,731
Median home value	$279,200	$367,600
Median gross rent	—	$983
Housing units	490	8,583
Homeownership rate	86.4%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chums Corner	Traverse City
Population	984 → 1,012 (+2.8%)	15,570 → 15,491 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$86,935 → $72,933 (-16.1%)	$57,076 → $71,731 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$233,400 → $279,200 (+19.6%)	$266,100 → $367,600 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$905 → $983 (+8.6%)

Chums Corner

Population

9841,012

Median household income

$86,935$72,933

Median home value

$233,400$279,200

Traverse City

Population

15,57015,491

Median household income

$57,076$71,731

Median home value

$266,100$367,600

Median gross rent

$905$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chums Corner	Traverse City
Under 5	4.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	8.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	45.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	2.3%	15.0%
75 and over	9.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chums Corner	Traverse City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chums Corner	Traverse City
No high school diploma	9.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	21.6%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chums Corner	Traverse City
Drove alone	87.8%	59.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chums Corner	Traverse City
1-unit, detached	91.8%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Chums Corner	Traverse City
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1979	1960