Empire vs Omena

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

Empire and Omena 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 240 in Omena). Omena has the higher median household income ($113,611 vs $75,938 in Empire). Omena has the higher median home value ($542,700 vs $368,400 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Omena
Population	384	240
Median age	63.7 yrs	73.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$113,611
Median home value	$368,400	$542,700
Median gross rent	$379	—
Housing units	342	354
Homeownership rate	81.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	63.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Omena
Population	263 → 384 (+46.0%)	144 → 240 (+66.7%)
Median household income	$38,977 → $75,938 (+94.8%)	$75,000 → $113,611 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $368,400 (+62.0%)	$400,000 → $542,700 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$361 → $379 (+5.0%)	—

Empire

Population

263384

Median household income

$38,977$75,938

Median home value

$227,400$368,400

Median gross rent

$361$379

Omena

Population

144240

Median household income

$75,000$113,611

Median home value

$400,000$542,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Omena
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	2.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	3.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	23.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	27.9%	42.1%
75 and over	17.4%	28.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Omena
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	0.3%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Omena
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.9%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	46.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Omena
1-unit, detached	88.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Omena
Poverty rate	15.1%	7.1%
Average household size	1.99	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1973	1989