Manistee vs Parkdale

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

Manistee and Parkdale 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 631 in Parkdale). Manistee has the higher median household income ($59,315 vs $43,276 in Parkdale). Parkdale has the higher median home value ($148,600 vs $144,400 in Manistee).

Population, income & housing

	Manistee	Parkdale
Population	6,275	631
Median age	47.2 yrs	63.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,315	$43,276
Median home value	$144,400	$148,600
Median gross rent	$771	—
Housing units	3,577	269
Homeownership rate	73.5%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manistee	Parkdale
Population	6,083 → 6,275 (+3.2%)	740 → 631 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$44,878 → $59,315 (+32.2%)	$38,026 → $43,276 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $144,400 (+32.6%)	$93,300 → $148,600 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $771 (+12.9%)	$539 → $875 (+62.3%)

Manistee

Population

6,0836,275

Median household income

$44,878$59,315

Median home value

$108,900$144,400

Median gross rent

$683$771

Parkdale

Population

740631

Median household income

$38,026$43,276

Median home value

$93,300$148,600

Median gross rent

$539$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manistee	Parkdale
Under 5	3.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	3.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	3.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	16.5%
75 and over	7.3%	28.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manistee	Parkdale
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	90.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	3.2%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manistee	Parkdale
No high school diploma	11.7%	17.1%
High school graduate	27.5%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manistee	Parkdale
Drove alone	73.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	12.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
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	Parkdale
1-unit, detached	68.1%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Manistee	Parkdale
Poverty rate	14.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.22	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	15	12
Median year structure built	1951	1973