Cement City vs Onsted

A side-by-side comparison of Cement City and Onsted: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Onsted has the higher population (1,283 vs 584 in Cement City). Onsted has the higher median household income ($65,349 vs $50,750 in Cement City). Onsted has the higher median home value ($166,500 vs $100,900 in Cement City).

Population, income & housing

	Cement City	Onsted
Population	584	1,283
Median age	37.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,750	$65,349
Median home value	$100,900	$166,500
Median gross rent	$888	$811
Housing units	239	506
Homeownership rate	77.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cement City	Onsted
Population	482 → 584 (+21.2%)	1,132 → 1,283 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$41,023 → $50,750 (+23.7%)	$53,580 → $65,349 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $100,900 (+37.8%)	$128,300 → $166,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $888 (+28.0%)	$653 → $811 (+24.2%)

Cement City

Population

482584

Median household income

$41,023$50,750

Median home value

$73,200$100,900

Median gross rent

$694$888

Onsted

Population

1,1321,283

Median household income

$53,580$65,349

Median home value

$128,300$166,500

Median gross rent

$653$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cement City	Onsted
Under 5	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	12.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	17.3%	7.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.3%
75 and over	6.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cement City	Onsted
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cement City	Onsted
No high school diploma	19.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	41.8%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cement City	Onsted
Drove alone	79.2%	81.1%
Carpooled	16.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cement City	Onsted
1-unit, detached	82.0%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cement City	Onsted
Poverty rate	25.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1949	1975