Copemish vs Onekama

A side-by-side comparison of Copemish and Onekama: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Onekama has the higher population (323 vs 279 in Copemish). Onekama has the higher median home value ($182,300 vs $78,500 in Copemish). Since 2019, Copemish's population has grown faster (+95.1% vs -29.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Copemish	Onekama
Population	279	323
Median age	34.0 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	—
Median home value	$78,500	$182,300
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	131	286
Homeownership rate	92.9%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copemish	Onekama
Population	143 → 279 (+95.1%)	461 → 323 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $48,333 (-0.9%)	$71,250 → $50,417 (-29.2%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $78,500 (-8.3%)	$150,000 → $182,300 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $925 (-2.6%)	$575 → $575 (+0.0%)

Copemish

Population

143279

Median household income

$48,750$48,333

Median home value

$85,600$78,500

Median gross rent

$950$925

Onekama

Population

461323

Median household income

$71,250$50,417

Median home value

$150,000$182,300

Median gross rent

$575$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copemish	Onekama
Under 5	7.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	2.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	33.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	3.6%	1.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	20.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	31.3%
75 and over	3.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copemish	Onekama
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copemish	Onekama
No high school diploma	13.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copemish	Onekama
Drove alone	95.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	22.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copemish	Onekama
1-unit, detached	93.9%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Copemish	Onekama
Poverty rate	12.9%	1.9%
Average household size	2.85	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1948	1958