Calumet vs Dollar Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Calumet and Dollar Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dollar Bay has the higher population (1,070 vs 676 in Calumet). Dollar Bay has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $25,234 in Calumet). Dollar Bay has the higher median home value ($196,200 vs $82,500 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet	Dollar Bay
Population	676	1,070
Median age	37.5 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$25,234	$63,500
Median home value	$82,500	$196,200
Median gross rent	$640	$800
Housing units	524	441
Homeownership rate	28.1%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet	Dollar Bay
Population	744 → 676 (-9.1%)	853 → 1,070 (+25.4%)
Median household income	$21,389 → $25,234 (+18.0%)	$51,250 → $63,500 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $82,500 (+41.8%)	$118,500 → $196,200 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $640 (+11.9%)	$745 → $800 (+7.4%)

Calumet

Population

744676

Median household income

$21,389$25,234

Median home value

$58,200$82,500

Median gross rent

$572$640

Dollar Bay

Population

8531,070

Median household income

$51,250$63,500

Median home value

$118,500$196,200

Median gross rent

$745$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet	Dollar Bay
Under 5	6.5%	8.5%
5 to 17	5.9%	23.5%
18 to 24	20.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	6.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.5%
75 and over	8.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet	Dollar Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet	Dollar Bay
No high school diploma	10.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	23.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet	Dollar Bay
Drove alone	48.9%	86.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	31.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet	Dollar Bay
1-unit, detached	37.2%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	29.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	14.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Calumet	Dollar Bay
Poverty rate	39.9%	12.5%
Average household size	1.65	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1938	1973