Bad Axe vs Pigeon

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

Bad Axe and Pigeon 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 1,093 in Pigeon). Pigeon has the higher median household income ($49,500 vs $47,535 in Bad Axe). Pigeon has the higher median home value ($108,100 vs $106,700 in Bad Axe).

Population, income & housing

	Bad Axe	Pigeon
Population	3,010	1,093
Median age	49.0 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,535	$49,500
Median home value	$106,700	$108,100
Median gross rent	$731	$929
Housing units	1,514	565
Homeownership rate	56.5%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bad Axe	Pigeon
Population	2,948 → 3,010 (+2.1%)	1,259 → 1,093 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$39,239 → $47,535 (+21.1%)	$41,397 → $49,500 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $106,700 (+26.6%)	$81,000 → $108,100 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $731 (+20.0%)	$670 → $929 (+38.7%)

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

Pigeon

Population

1,2591,093

Median household income

$41,397$49,500

Median home value

$81,000$108,100

Median gross rent

$670$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bad Axe	Pigeon
Under 5	3.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.9%	11.9%
75 and over	10.6%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bad Axe	Pigeon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bad Axe	Pigeon
No high school diploma	12.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	33.9%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bad Axe	Pigeon
Drove alone	75.6%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	12.6%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bad Axe	Pigeon
1-unit, detached	72.9%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	3.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bad Axe	Pigeon
Poverty rate	16.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1961	1966