Au Sable vs East Tawas

A side-by-side comparison of Au Sable and East Tawas: population, income, housing, and more.

Au Sable and East Tawas are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Tawas has the higher population (2,686 vs 1,780 in Au Sable). Au Sable has the higher median household income ($46,369 vs $41,619 in East Tawas). East Tawas has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $107,900 in Au Sable).

Population, income & housing

	Au Sable	East Tawas
Population	1,780	2,686
Median age	45.8 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,369	$41,619
Median home value	$107,900	$114,400
Median gross rent	$914	$569
Housing units	830	1,911
Homeownership rate	87.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Au Sable	East Tawas
Population	1,488 → 1,780 (+19.6%)	2,733 → 2,686 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$42,773 → $46,369 (+8.4%)	$40,417 → $41,619 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $107,900 (+46.8%)	$95,500 → $114,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $914 (+22.8%)	$588 → $569 (-3.2%)

Au Sable

Population

1,4881,780

Median household income

$42,773$46,369

Median home value

$73,500$107,900

Median gross rent

$744$914

East Tawas

Population

2,7332,686

Median household income

$40,417$41,619

Median home value

$95,500$114,400

Median gross rent

$588$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Au Sable	East Tawas
Under 5	6.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	9.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	23.5%
75 and over	8.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Au Sable	East Tawas
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Au Sable	East Tawas
No high school diploma	18.4%	4.9%
High school graduate	31.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Au Sable	East Tawas
Drove alone	78.1%	59.1%
Carpooled	13.9%	16.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Au Sable	East Tawas
1-unit, detached	94.1%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Au Sable	East Tawas
Poverty rate	13.9%	13.5%
Average household size	2.38	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	18	13
Median year structure built	1972	1972