Cedar vs Empire

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar and Empire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Empire has the higher population (384 vs 26 in Cedar). Empire has the higher median household income ($75,938 vs $51,875 in Cedar). Since 2019, Empire's population has grown faster (+46.0% vs -75.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar	Empire
Population	26	384
Median age	70.7 yrs	63.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$75,938
Median home value	—	$368,400
Median gross rent	$793	$379
Housing units	23	342
Homeownership rate	47.8%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.2%	51.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar	Empire
Population	106 → 26 (-75.5%)	263 → 384 (+46.0%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $51,875 (+18.6%)	$38,977 → $75,938 (+94.8%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $119,500 (-1.3%)	$227,400 → $368,400 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$361 → $379 (+5.0%)

Cedar

Population

10626

Median household income

$43,750$51,875

Median home value

$121,100$119,500

Empire

Population

263384

Median household income

$38,977$75,938

Median home value

$227,400$368,400

Median gross rent

$361$379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar	Empire
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.1%
35 to 44	7.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	26.9%	2.1%
55 to 64	7.7%	23.2%
65 to 74	23.1%	27.9%
75 and over	34.6%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar	Empire
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	11.5%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	42.3%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar	Empire
Drove alone	100.0%	73.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar	Empire
1-unit, detached	47.8%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	52.2%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar	Empire
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.1%
Average household size	1.13	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1938	1973