Calumet vs Painesdale

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

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

Calumet has the higher population (676 vs 353 in Painesdale). Painesdale has the higher median household income ($62,436 vs $25,234 in Calumet). Painesdale has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $82,500 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet	Painesdale
Population	676	353
Median age	37.5 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$25,234	$62,436
Median home value	$82,500	$84,800
Median gross rent	$640	—
Housing units	524	175
Homeownership rate	28.1%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet	Painesdale
Population	744 → 676 (-9.1%)	362 → 353 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$21,389 → $25,234 (+18.0%)	$65,938 → $62,436 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $82,500 (+41.8%)	$57,900 → $84,800 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $640 (+11.9%)	—

Calumet

Population

744676

Median household income

$21,389$25,234

Median home value

$58,200$82,500

Median gross rent

$572$640

Painesdale

Population

362353

Median household income

$65,938$62,436

Median home value

$57,900$84,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet	Painesdale
Under 5	6.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	5.9%	24.1%
18 to 24	20.7%	19.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	19.5%
35 to 44	6.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	2.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	1.4%
75 and over	8.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet	Painesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet	Painesdale
No high school diploma	10.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet	Painesdale
Drove alone	48.9%	83.5%
Carpooled	12.2%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	31.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet	Painesdale
1-unit, detached	37.2%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	29.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Calumet	Painesdale
Poverty rate	39.9%	8.5%
Average household size	1.65	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1938	1938