Calumet vs Laurium

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

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

Laurium has the higher population (1,486 vs 676 in Calumet). Laurium has the higher median household income ($42,206 vs $25,234 in Calumet). Laurium has the higher median home value ($87,600 vs $82,500 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet	Laurium
Population	676	1,486
Median age	37.5 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$25,234	$42,206
Median home value	$82,500	$87,600
Median gross rent	$640	$590
Housing units	524	993
Homeownership rate	28.1%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet	Laurium
Population	744 → 676 (-9.1%)	2,073 → 1,486 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$21,389 → $25,234 (+18.0%)	$40,125 → $42,206 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $82,500 (+41.8%)	$75,700 → $87,600 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $640 (+11.9%)	$525 → $590 (+12.4%)

Calumet

Population

744676

Median household income

$21,389$25,234

Median home value

$58,200$82,500

Median gross rent

$572$640

Laurium

Population

2,0731,486

Median household income

$40,125$42,206

Median home value

$75,700$87,600

Median gross rent

$525$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet	Laurium
Under 5	6.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	5.9%	12.4%
18 to 24	20.7%	14.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	6.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	14.8%
75 and over	8.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet	Laurium
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet	Laurium
No high school diploma	10.6%	8.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet	Laurium
Drove alone	48.9%	66.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	31.3%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet	Laurium
1-unit, detached	37.2%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	29.2%	2.6%
20 or more units	14.5%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Calumet	Laurium
Poverty rate	39.9%	19.2%
Average household size	1.65	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1938	1938