Brethren vs Manistee

A side-by-side comparison of Brethren and Manistee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manistee has the higher population (6,275 vs 405 in Brethren). Manistee has the higher median household income ($59,315 vs $42,434 in Brethren). Manistee has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $104,500 in Brethren).

Population, income & housing

	Brethren	Manistee
Population	405	6,275
Median age	41.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,434	$59,315
Median home value	$104,500	$144,400
Median gross rent	—	$771
Housing units	204	3,577
Homeownership rate	94.6%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brethren	Manistee
Population	429 → 405 (-5.6%)	6,083 → 6,275 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$34,018 → $42,434 (+24.7%)	$44,878 → $59,315 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $104,500 (+24.3%)	$108,900 → $144,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $963 (+16.2%)	$683 → $771 (+12.9%)

Brethren

Population

429405

Median household income

$34,018$42,434

Median home value

$84,100$104,500

Median gross rent

$829$963

Manistee

Population

6,0836,275

Median household income

$44,878$59,315

Median home value

$108,900$144,400

Median gross rent

$683$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brethren	Manistee
Under 5	6.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	16.4%
75 and over	6.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brethren	Manistee
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brethren	Manistee
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	55.1%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brethren	Manistee
Drove alone	82.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.9%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brethren	Manistee
1-unit, detached	82.8%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brethren	Manistee
Poverty rate	17.0%	14.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1975	1951