Kaleva vs Onekama

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

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

Kaleva has the higher population (520 vs 323 in Onekama). Onekama has the higher median home value ($182,300 vs $88,500 in Kaleva). Since 2019, Kaleva's population has grown faster (+19.3% vs -29.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Kaleva	Onekama
Population	520	323
Median age	36.3 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	—
Median home value	$88,500	$182,300
Median gross rent	$964	$575
Housing units	272	286
Homeownership rate	79.2%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaleva	Onekama
Population	436 → 520 (+19.3%)	461 → 323 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$38,500 → $43,333 (+12.6%)	$71,250 → $50,417 (-29.2%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $88,500 (+23.1%)	$150,000 → $182,300 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $964 (+29.9%)	$575 → $575 (+0.0%)

Kaleva

Population

436520

Median household income

$38,500$43,333

Median home value

$71,900$88,500

Median gross rent

$742$964

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)

	Kaleva	Onekama
Under 5	9.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	2.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	1.2%
45 to 54	6.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	31.3%
75 and over	11.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaleva	Onekama
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	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	1.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaleva	Onekama
No high school diploma	8.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.0%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaleva	Onekama
Drove alone	66.9%	73.1%
Carpooled	21.7%	22.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaleva	Onekama
1-unit, detached	88.6%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Kaleva	Onekama
Poverty rate	35.4%	1.9%
Average household size	2.57	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1961	1958