Bad Axe vs Sebewaing

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

Bad Axe and Sebewaing 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 1,921 in Sebewaing). Sebewaing has the higher median household income ($50,779 vs $47,535 in Bad Axe). Bad Axe has the higher median home value ($106,700 vs $94,800 in Sebewaing).

Population, income & housing

	Bad Axe	Sebewaing
Population	3,010	1,921
Median age	49.0 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,535	$50,779
Median home value	$106,700	$94,800
Median gross rent	$731	$645
Housing units	1,514	1,072
Homeownership rate	56.5%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bad Axe	Sebewaing
Population	2,948 → 3,010 (+2.1%)	1,601 → 1,921 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$39,239 → $47,535 (+21.1%)	$42,700 → $50,779 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $106,700 (+26.6%)	$73,400 → $94,800 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $731 (+20.0%)	$567 → $645 (+13.8%)

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

Sebewaing

Population

1,6011,921

Median household income

$42,700$50,779

Median home value

$73,400$94,800

Median gross rent

$567$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bad Axe	Sebewaing
Under 5	3.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	15.9%	11.2%
75 and over	10.6%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bad Axe	Sebewaing
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bad Axe	Sebewaing
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bad Axe	Sebewaing
Drove alone	75.6%	84.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.7%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bad Axe	Sebewaing
1-unit, detached	72.9%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	5.6%
20 or more units	6.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bad Axe	Sebewaing
Poverty rate	16.3%	18.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1961	1946