Kaleva vs Manistee

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

Kaleva 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 520 in Kaleva). Manistee has the higher median household income ($59,315 vs $43,333 in Kaleva). Manistee has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $88,500 in Kaleva).

Population, income & housing

	Kaleva	Manistee
Population	520	6,275
Median age	36.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$59,315
Median home value	$88,500	$144,400
Median gross rent	$964	$771
Housing units	272	3,577
Homeownership rate	79.2%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaleva	Manistee
Population	436 → 520 (+19.3%)	6,083 → 6,275 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$38,500 → $43,333 (+12.6%)	$44,878 → $59,315 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $88,500 (+23.1%)	$108,900 → $144,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $964 (+29.9%)	$683 → $771 (+12.9%)

Kaleva

Population

436520

Median household income

$38,500$43,333

Median home value

$71,900$88,500

Median gross rent

$742$964

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)

	Kaleva	Manistee
Under 5	9.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.4%
75 and over	11.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaleva	Manistee
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	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	1.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaleva	Manistee
No high school diploma	8.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	46.0%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaleva	Manistee
Drove alone	66.9%	73.7%
Carpooled	21.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.4%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaleva	Manistee
1-unit, detached	88.6%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaleva	Manistee
Poverty rate	35.4%	14.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1961	1951