Au Sable vs Tawas City

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

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

Au Sable has the higher population (1,780 vs 1,654 in Tawas City). Tawas City has the higher median household income ($46,797 vs $46,369 in Au Sable). Tawas City has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $107,900 in Au Sable).

Population, income & housing

	Au Sable	Tawas City
Population	1,780	1,654
Median age	45.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,369	$46,797
Median home value	$107,900	$124,000
Median gross rent	$914	$810
Housing units	830	931
Homeownership rate	87.0%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Au Sable	Tawas City
Population	1,488 → 1,780 (+19.6%)	1,881 → 1,654 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$42,773 → $46,369 (+8.4%)	$49,226 → $46,797 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $107,900 (+46.8%)	$96,300 → $124,000 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $914 (+22.8%)	$707 → $810 (+14.6%)

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

Tawas City

Population

1,8811,654

Median household income

$49,226$46,797

Median home value

$96,300$124,000

Median gross rent

$707$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Au Sable	Tawas City
Under 5	6.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	9.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	17.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	15.4%
75 and over	8.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Au Sable	Tawas City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Au Sable	Tawas City
No high school diploma	18.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	31.2%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Au Sable	Tawas City
Drove alone	78.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	13.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Au Sable	Tawas City
1-unit, detached	94.1%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Au Sable	Tawas City
Poverty rate	13.9%	11.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1972	1968