East Tawas vs Tawas City

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

East Tawas and Tawas City 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 1,654 in Tawas City). Tawas City has the higher median household income ($46,797 vs $41,619 in East Tawas). Tawas City has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $114,400 in East Tawas).

Population, income & housing

	East Tawas	Tawas City
Population	2,686	1,654
Median age	57.7 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,619	$46,797
Median home value	$114,400	$124,000
Median gross rent	$569	$810
Housing units	1,911	931
Homeownership rate	70.0%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Tawas	Tawas City
Population	2,733 → 2,686 (-1.7%)	1,881 → 1,654 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $41,619 (+3.0%)	$49,226 → $46,797 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $114,400 (+19.8%)	$96,300 → $124,000 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $569 (-3.2%)	$707 → $810 (+14.6%)

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

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)

	East Tawas	Tawas City
Under 5	1.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	18.1%	17.7%
65 to 74	23.5%	15.4%
75 and over	11.1%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Tawas	Tawas City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Tawas	Tawas City
No high school diploma	4.9%	10.1%
High school graduate	37.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Tawas	Tawas City
Drove alone	59.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	16.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.5%	1.5%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Tawas	Tawas City
1-unit, detached	73.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	11.1%
20 or more units	11.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	East Tawas	Tawas City
Poverty rate	13.5%	11.2%
Average household size	1.80	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1972	1968