Au Sable vs Whittemore

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

Au Sable and Whittemore 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 447 in Whittemore). Au Sable has the higher median household income ($46,369 vs $33,056 in Whittemore). Au Sable has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $59,600 in Whittemore).

Population, income & housing

	Au Sable	Whittemore
Population	1,780	447
Median age	45.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,369	$33,056
Median home value	$107,900	$59,600
Median gross rent	$914	$425
Housing units	830	232
Homeownership rate	87.0%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Au Sable	Whittemore
Population	1,488 → 1,780 (+19.6%)	432 → 447 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$42,773 → $46,369 (+8.4%)	$31,042 → $33,056 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $107,900 (+46.8%)	$50,300 → $59,600 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $914 (+22.8%)	$425 → $425 (+0.0%)

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

Whittemore

Population

432447

Median household income

$31,042$33,056

Median home value

$50,300$59,600

Median gross rent

$425$425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Au Sable	Whittemore
Under 5	6.9%	10.1%
5 to 17	9.6%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	6.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	12.5%
75 and over	8.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Au Sable	Whittemore
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Au Sable	Whittemore
No high school diploma	18.4%	22.4%
High school graduate	31.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Au Sable	Whittemore
Drove alone	78.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Au Sable	Whittemore
1-unit, detached	94.1%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Au Sable	Whittemore
Poverty rate	13.9%	21.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1972	1971