Big Bay vs Gwinn

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bay and Gwinn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gwinn has the higher population (1,268 vs 307 in Big Bay). Gwinn has the higher median household income ($52,609 vs $48,672 in Big Bay). Big Bay has the higher median home value ($261,400 vs $94,000 in Gwinn).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bay	Gwinn
Population	307	1,268
Median age	53.2 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,672	$52,609
Median home value	$261,400	$94,000
Median gross rent	—	$684
Housing units	292	662
Homeownership rate	82.4%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bay	Gwinn
Population	189 → 307 (+62.4%)	2,033 → 1,268 (-37.6%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $48,672 (-20.5%)	$60,133 → $52,609 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $261,400 (+57.6%)	$83,700 → $94,000 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$469 → $684 (+45.8%)

Big Bay

Population

189307

Median household income

$61,250$48,672

Median home value

$165,900$261,400

Gwinn

Population

2,0331,268

Median household income

$60,133$52,609

Median home value

$83,700$94,000

Median gross rent

$469$684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bay	Gwinn
Under 5	5.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	16.8%
25 to 34	4.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	3.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	21.8%	17.3%
75 and over	11.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bay	Gwinn
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bay	Gwinn
No high school diploma	3.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	28.9%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bay	Gwinn
Drove alone	62.2%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	37.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bay	Gwinn
1-unit, detached	93.8%	42.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Big Bay	Gwinn
Poverty rate	22.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1967	1971