Dollar Bay vs Houghton

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

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

Houghton has the higher population (8,341 vs 1,070 in Dollar Bay). Dollar Bay has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $35,417 in Houghton). Houghton has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $196,200 in Dollar Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Dollar Bay	Houghton
Population	1,070	8,341
Median age	31.2 yrs	21.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,500	$35,417
Median home value	$196,200	$233,700
Median gross rent	$800	$861
Housing units	441	2,502
Homeownership rate	87.3%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	65.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dollar Bay	Houghton
Population	853 → 1,070 (+25.4%)	7,870 → 8,341 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $63,500 (+23.9%)	$23,135 → $35,417 (+53.1%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $196,200 (+65.6%)	$155,600 → $233,700 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $800 (+7.4%)	$665 → $861 (+29.5%)

Dollar Bay

Population

8531,070

Median household income

$51,250$63,500

Median home value

$118,500$196,200

Median gross rent

$745$800

Houghton

Population

7,8708,341

Median household income

$23,135$35,417

Median home value

$155,600$233,700

Median gross rent

$665$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dollar Bay	Houghton
Under 5	8.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	23.5%	8.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	52.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	5.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	5.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	5.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	3.6%
75 and over	6.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dollar Bay	Houghton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	78.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dollar Bay	Houghton
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	37.3%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dollar Bay	Houghton
Drove alone	86.4%	45.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	8.8%
Walked	2.8%	29.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dollar Bay	Houghton
1-unit, detached	85.5%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.7%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Dollar Bay	Houghton
Poverty rate	12.5%	34.9%
Average household size	2.96	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	12
Median year structure built	1973	1977