Tawas City vs Whittemore

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

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

Tawas City has the higher population (1,654 vs 447 in Whittemore). Tawas City has the higher median household income ($46,797 vs $33,056 in Whittemore). Tawas City has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $59,600 in Whittemore).

Population, income & housing

	Tawas City	Whittemore
Population	1,654	447
Median age	48.0 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,797	$33,056
Median home value	$124,000	$59,600
Median gross rent	$810	$425
Housing units	931	232
Homeownership rate	77.7%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tawas City	Whittemore
Population	1,881 → 1,654 (-12.1%)	432 → 447 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$49,226 → $46,797 (-4.9%)	$31,042 → $33,056 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $124,000 (+28.8%)	$50,300 → $59,600 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $810 (+14.6%)	$425 → $425 (+0.0%)

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

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)

	Tawas City	Whittemore
Under 5	3.3%	10.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	7.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	12.5%
75 and over	11.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tawas City	Whittemore
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tawas City	Whittemore
No high school diploma	10.1%	22.4%
High school graduate	42.6%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tawas City	Whittemore
Drove alone	82.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.9%
Bicycle	1.5%	2.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tawas City	Whittemore
1-unit, detached	77.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Tawas City	Whittemore
Poverty rate	11.2%	21.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	1968	1971