Big Bay vs Michigamme

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

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

Big Bay has the higher population (307 vs 196 in Michigamme). Michigamme has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $48,672 in Big Bay). Big Bay has the higher median home value ($261,400 vs $166,300 in Michigamme).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bay	Michigamme
Population	307	196
Median age	53.2 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,672	$48,750
Median home value	$261,400	$166,300
Housing units	292	218
Homeownership rate	82.4%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bay	Michigamme
Population	189 → 307 (+62.4%)	236 → 196 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $48,672 (-20.5%)	$42,500 → $48,750 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $261,400 (+57.6%)	$85,000 → $166,300 (+95.6%)

Big Bay

Population

189307

Median household income

$61,250$48,672

Median home value

$165,900$261,400

Michigamme

Population

236196

Median household income

$42,500$48,750

Median home value

$85,000$166,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bay	Michigamme
Under 5	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	4.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	5.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	20.9%
65 to 74	21.8%	28.6%
75 and over	11.4%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bay	Michigamme
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	6.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bay	Michigamme
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bay	Michigamme
Drove alone	62.2%	54.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	37.8%	22.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bay	Michigamme
1-unit, detached	93.8%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Big Bay	Michigamme
Poverty rate	22.0%	23.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1967	1968