Kalkaska vs Rapid City

A side-by-side comparison of Kalkaska and Rapid City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kalkaska has the higher population (2,370 vs 1,315 in Rapid City). Rapid City has the higher median household income ($65,438 vs $42,955 in Kalkaska). Rapid City has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $121,300 in Kalkaska).

Population, income & housing

	Kalkaska	Rapid City
Population	2,370	1,315
Median age	40.1 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,955	$65,438
Median home value	$121,300	$212,500
Median gross rent	$644	$987
Housing units	1,103	892
Homeownership rate	60.1%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalkaska	Rapid City
Population	2,076 → 2,370 (+14.2%)	1,493 → 1,315 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$35,789 → $42,955 (+20.0%)	$50,952 → $65,438 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $121,300 (+44.9%)	$138,400 → $212,500 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $644 (+5.7%)	$729 → $987 (+35.4%)

Kalkaska

Population

2,0762,370

Median household income

$35,789$42,955

Median home value

$83,700$121,300

Median gross rent

$609$644

Rapid City

Population

1,4931,315

Median household income

$50,952$65,438

Median home value

$138,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$729$987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kalkaska	Rapid City
Under 5	6.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	20.8%
75 and over	10.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalkaska	Rapid City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	96.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalkaska	Rapid City
No high school diploma	16.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalkaska	Rapid City
Drove alone	84.6%	92.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalkaska	Rapid City
1-unit, detached	59.5%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Kalkaska	Rapid City
Poverty rate	20.2%	13.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1972	1980