Mackinac Island vs St. Ignace

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

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

St. Ignace has the higher population (2,409 vs 663 in Mackinac Island). Mackinac Island has the higher median household income ($100,125 vs $60,735 in St. Ignace). Mackinac Island has the higher median home value ($834,600 vs $127,800 in St. Ignace).

Population, income & housing

	Mackinac Island	St. Ignace
Population	663	2,409
Median age	39.8 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,125	$60,735
Median home value	$834,600	$127,800
Median gross rent	$1,164	$620
Housing units	833	1,366
Homeownership rate	48.5%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mackinac Island	St. Ignace
Population	1,072 → 663 (-38.2%)	2,239 → 2,409 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$47,159 → $100,125 (+112.3%)	$40,337 → $60,735 (+50.6%)
Median home value	$373,300 → $834,600 (+123.6%)	$113,300 → $127,800 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $1,164 (+95.6%)	$605 → $620 (+2.5%)

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

St. Ignace

Population

2,2392,409

Median household income

$40,337$60,735

Median home value

$113,300$127,800

Median gross rent

$605$620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mackinac Island	St. Ignace
Under 5	0.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	11.4%
18 to 24	15.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	19.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.9%
75 and over	4.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mackinac Island	St. Ignace
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	47.4%
Black or African American	13.6%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	23.4%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	11.8%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mackinac Island	St. Ignace
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mackinac Island	St. Ignace
Drove alone	4.1%	65.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	1.4%
Public transit	14.2%	22.9%
Walked	30.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	23.9%	1.1%
Worked from home	8.2%	5.5%
Other means	6.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mackinac Island	St. Ignace
1-unit, detached	44.1%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	13.3%
20 or more units	9.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Mackinac Island	St. Ignace
Poverty rate	17.3%	22.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1961	1964