Manistee vs Oak Hill

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

Manistee and Oak Hill 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 440 in Oak Hill). Manistee has the higher median household income ($59,315 vs $56,458 in Oak Hill). Manistee has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $130,300 in Oak Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Manistee	Oak Hill
Population	6,275	440
Median age	47.2 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,315	$56,458
Median home value	$144,400	$130,300
Median gross rent	$771	—
Housing units	3,577	301
Homeownership rate	73.5%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manistee	Oak Hill
Population	6,083 → 6,275 (+3.2%)	617 → 440 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$44,878 → $59,315 (+32.2%)	$41,000 → $56,458 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $144,400 (+32.6%)	$86,800 → $130,300 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $771 (+12.9%)	$775 → $769 (-0.8%)

Manistee

Population

6,0836,275

Median household income

$44,878$59,315

Median home value

$108,900$144,400

Median gross rent

$683$771

Oak Hill

Population

617440

Median household income

$41,000$56,458

Median home value

$86,800$130,300

Median gross rent

$775$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manistee	Oak Hill
Under 5	3.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	1.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	38.6%
65 to 74	16.4%	6.8%
75 and over	7.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manistee	Oak Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	96.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manistee	Oak Hill
No high school diploma	11.7%	10.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manistee	Oak Hill
Drove alone	73.7%	85.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.9%	3.2%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manistee	Oak Hill
1-unit, detached	68.1%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manistee	Oak Hill
Poverty rate	14.0%	2.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	15	12
Median year structure built	1951	1962