Climax vs Schoolcraft

A side-by-side comparison of Climax and Schoolcraft: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Schoolcraft has the higher population (1,268 vs 790 in Climax). Schoolcraft has the higher median household income ($82,813 vs $78,750 in Climax). Schoolcraft has the higher median home value ($208,300 vs $202,600 in Climax).

Population, income & housing

	Climax	Schoolcraft
Population	790	1,268
Median age	30.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$82,813
Median home value	$202,600	$208,300
Median gross rent	$850	$863
Housing units	334	530
Homeownership rate	84.2%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climax	Schoolcraft
Population	762 → 790 (+3.7%)	1,332 → 1,268 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$61,917 → $78,750 (+27.2%)	$59,737 → $82,813 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $202,600 (+65.5%)	$125,200 → $208,300 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $850 (+17.2%)	$708 → $863 (+21.9%)

Climax

Population

762790

Median household income

$61,917$78,750

Median home value

$122,400$202,600

Median gross rent

$725$850

Schoolcraft

Population

1,3321,268

Median household income

$59,737$82,813

Median home value

$125,200$208,300

Median gross rent

$708$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climax	Schoolcraft
Under 5	8.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	12.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.0%
75 and over	4.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climax	Schoolcraft
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climax	Schoolcraft
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	31.7%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climax	Schoolcraft
Drove alone	82.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climax	Schoolcraft
1-unit, detached	83.2%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Climax	Schoolcraft
Poverty rate	9.0%	7.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1980	1964