Kalkaska vs South Boardman

A side-by-side comparison of Kalkaska and South Boardman: population, income, housing, and more.

Kalkaska and South Boardman 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 521 in South Boardman). South Boardman has the higher median household income ($80,781 vs $42,955 in Kalkaska). South Boardman has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $121,300 in Kalkaska).

Population, income & housing

	Kalkaska	South Boardman
Population	2,370	521
Median age	40.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,955	$80,781
Median home value	$121,300	$182,700
Median gross rent	$644	$892
Housing units	1,103	205
Homeownership rate	60.1%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalkaska	South Boardman
Population	2,076 → 2,370 (+14.2%)	535 → 521 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$35,789 → $42,955 (+20.0%)	$47,946 → $80,781 (+68.5%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $121,300 (+44.9%)	$91,700 → $182,700 (+99.2%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $644 (+5.7%)	$791 → $892 (+12.8%)

Kalkaska

Population

2,0762,370

Median household income

$35,789$42,955

Median home value

$83,700$121,300

Median gross rent

$609$644

South Boardman

Population

535521

Median household income

$47,946$80,781

Median home value

$91,700$182,700

Median gross rent

$791$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kalkaska	South Boardman
Under 5	6.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	23.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.0%
75 and over	10.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalkaska	South Boardman
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	96.0%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalkaska	South Boardman
No high school diploma	16.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	37.9%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalkaska	South Boardman
Drove alone	84.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	5.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalkaska	South Boardman
1-unit, detached	59.5%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	23.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Kalkaska	South Boardman
Poverty rate	20.2%	11.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	36
Median year structure built	1972	1977