Bad Axe vs Ubly

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

Bad Axe and Ubly 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 830 in Ubly). Ubly has the higher median household income ($56,042 vs $47,535 in Bad Axe). Ubly has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $106,700 in Bad Axe).

Population, income & housing

	Bad Axe	Ubly
Population	3,010	830
Median age	49.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,535	$56,042
Median home value	$106,700	$113,500
Median gross rent	$731	$819
Housing units	1,514	379
Homeownership rate	56.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bad Axe	Ubly
Population	2,948 → 3,010 (+2.1%)	785 → 830 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$39,239 → $47,535 (+21.1%)	$44,875 → $56,042 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $106,700 (+26.6%)	$89,700 → $113,500 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $731 (+20.0%)	$609 → $819 (+34.5%)

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

Ubly

Population

785830

Median household income

$44,875$56,042

Median home value

$89,700$113,500

Median gross rent

$609$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bad Axe	Ubly
Under 5	3.3%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	15.9%	13.7%
75 and over	10.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bad Axe	Ubly
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bad Axe	Ubly
No high school diploma	12.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bad Axe	Ubly
Drove alone	75.6%	80.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	11.4%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bad Axe	Ubly
1-unit, detached	72.9%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	3.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Bad Axe	Ubly
Poverty rate	16.3%	21.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1961	1959