Chassell vs Dollar Bay

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

Chassell 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 905 in Chassell). Dollar Bay has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $55,417 in Chassell). Dollar Bay has the higher median home value ($196,200 vs $170,700 in Chassell).

Population, income & housing

	Chassell	Dollar Bay
Population	905	1,070
Median age	45.8 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$63,500
Median home value	$170,700	$196,200
Median gross rent	$711	$800
Housing units	538	441
Homeownership rate	80.4%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chassell	Dollar Bay
Population	914 → 905 (-1.0%)	853 → 1,070 (+25.4%)
Median household income	$50,737 → $55,417 (+9.2%)	$51,250 → $63,500 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $170,700 (+28.2%)	$118,500 → $196,200 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$467 → $711 (+52.2%)	$745 → $800 (+7.4%)

Chassell

Population

914905

Median household income

$50,737$55,417

Median home value

$133,200$170,700

Median gross rent

$467$711

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)

	Chassell	Dollar Bay
Under 5	6.4%	8.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	23.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.5%
75 and over	9.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chassell	Dollar Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chassell	Dollar Bay
No high school diploma	0.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	35.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chassell	Dollar Bay
Drove alone	74.9%	86.4%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.5%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chassell	Dollar Bay
1-unit, detached	81.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Chassell	Dollar Bay
Poverty rate	18.6%	12.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1970	1973