Bad Axe vs Elkton

A side-by-side comparison of Bad Axe and Elkton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bad Axe has the higher population (3,010 vs 775 in Elkton). Elkton has the higher median household income ($47,717 vs $47,535 in Bad Axe). Bad Axe has the higher median home value ($106,700 vs $84,500 in Elkton).

Population, income & housing

	Bad Axe	Elkton
Population	3,010	775
Median age	49.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,535	$47,717
Median home value	$106,700	$84,500
Median gross rent	$731	$891
Housing units	1,514	396
Homeownership rate	56.5%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bad Axe	Elkton
Population	2,948 → 3,010 (+2.1%)	771 → 775 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$39,239 → $47,535 (+21.1%)	$36,806 → $47,717 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $106,700 (+26.6%)	$73,000 → $84,500 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $731 (+20.0%)	$500 → $891 (+78.2%)

Bad Axe

Population

2,9483,010

Median household income

$39,239$47,535

Median home value

$84,300$106,700

Median gross rent

$609$731

Elkton

Population

771775

Median household income

$36,806$47,717

Median home value

$73,000$84,500

Median gross rent

$500$891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bad Axe	Elkton
Under 5	3.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	15.9%	10.3%
75 and over	10.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bad Axe	Elkton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bad Axe	Elkton
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bad Axe	Elkton
Drove alone	75.6%	57.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	30.0%
Public transit	2.2%	0.6%
Walked	5.4%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bad Axe	Elkton
1-unit, detached	72.9%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	12.1%
20 or more units	6.7%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bad Axe	Elkton
Poverty rate	16.3%	21.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1961	1960