Morenci vs Onsted

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

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

Morenci has the higher population (2,149 vs 1,283 in Onsted). Onsted has the higher median household income ($65,349 vs $58,438 in Morenci). Onsted has the higher median home value ($166,500 vs $93,800 in Morenci).

Population, income & housing

	Morenci	Onsted
Population	2,149	1,283
Median age	32.6 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$65,349
Median home value	$93,800	$166,500
Median gross rent	$732	$811
Housing units	890	506
Homeownership rate	72.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morenci	Onsted
Population	2,298 → 2,149 (-6.5%)	1,132 → 1,283 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$39,250 → $58,438 (+48.9%)	$53,580 → $65,349 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $93,800 (+26.6%)	$128,300 → $166,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $732 (-3.6%)	$653 → $811 (+24.2%)

Morenci

Population

2,2982,149

Median household income

$39,250$58,438

Median home value

$74,100$93,800

Median gross rent

$759$732

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)

	Morenci	Onsted
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	15.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.3%
75 and over	7.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morenci	Onsted
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morenci	Onsted
No high school diploma	12.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	44.9%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morenci	Onsted
Drove alone	85.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morenci	Onsted
1-unit, detached	81.7%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Morenci	Onsted
Poverty rate	14.0%	7.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1946	1975