Mackinac Island vs Naubinway

A side-by-side comparison of Mackinac Island and Naubinway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mackinac Island has the higher population (663 vs 93 in Naubinway). Mackinac Island has the higher median household income ($100,125 vs $45,833 in Naubinway). Mackinac Island has the higher median home value ($834,600 vs $90,000 in Naubinway).

Population, income & housing

	Mackinac Island	Naubinway
Population	663	93
Median age	39.8 yrs	66.2 yrs
Median household income	$100,125	$45,833
Median home value	$834,600	$90,000
Median gross rent	$1,164	—
Housing units	833	90
Homeownership rate	48.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mackinac Island	Naubinway
Population	1,072 → 663 (-38.2%)	101 → 93 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$47,159 → $100,125 (+112.3%)	$70,625 → $45,833 (-35.1%)
Median home value	$373,300 → $834,600 (+123.6%)	$100,000 → $90,000 (-10.0%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $1,164 (+95.6%)	—

Mackinac Island

Population

1,072663

Median household income

$47,159$100,125

Median home value

$373,300$834,600

Median gross rent

$595$1,164

Naubinway

Population

10193

Median household income

$70,625$45,833

Median home value

$100,000$90,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mackinac Island	Naubinway
Under 5	0.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	5.4%
18 to 24	15.2%	3.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	15.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	37.6%
75 and over	4.1%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mackinac Island	Naubinway
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	66.7%
Black or African American	13.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	16.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	17.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mackinac Island	Naubinway
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mackinac Island	Naubinway
Drove alone	4.1%	94.0%
Carpooled	13.5%	6.0%
Public transit	14.2%	0.0%
Walked	30.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	23.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	0.0%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mackinac Island	Naubinway
1-unit, detached	44.1%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Mackinac Island	Naubinway
Poverty rate	17.3%	16.7%
Average household size	2.18	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1961	1974