Attica vs Imlay City

A side-by-side comparison of Attica and Imlay City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Imlay City has the higher population (3,706 vs 863 in Attica). Imlay City has the higher median household income ($55,061 vs $41,981 in Attica). Attica has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $137,800 in Imlay City).

Population, income & housing

	Attica	Imlay City
Population	863	3,706
Median age	61.7 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,981	$55,061
Median home value	$184,900	$137,800
Median gross rent	—	$764
Housing units	410	1,834
Homeownership rate	97.8%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attica	Imlay City
Population	828 → 863 (+4.2%)	3,568 → 3,706 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$73,182 → $41,981 (-42.6%)	$34,390 → $55,061 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $184,900 (+18.2%)	$113,300 → $137,800 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$707 → $764 (+8.1%)

Attica

Population

828863

Median household income

$73,182$41,981

Median home value

$156,400$184,900

Imlay City

Population

3,5683,706

Median household income

$34,390$55,061

Median home value

$113,300$137,800

Median gross rent

$707$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attica	Imlay City
Under 5	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	7.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	40.6%	8.8%
75 and over	6.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attica	Imlay City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	52.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	43.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attica	Imlay City
No high school diploma	22.3%	21.8%
High school graduate	30.7%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attica	Imlay City
Drove alone	41.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	43.9%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	1.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attica	Imlay City
1-unit, detached	84.6%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	24.8%

Poverty & households

	Attica	Imlay City
Poverty rate	9.7%	25.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1938	1973