Big Bay vs Republic

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

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

Republic has the higher population (530 vs 307 in Big Bay). Big Bay has the higher median household income ($48,672 vs $41,136 in Republic). Big Bay has the higher median home value ($261,400 vs $60,700 in Republic).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bay	Republic
Population	307	530
Median age	53.2 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,672	$41,136
Median home value	$261,400	$60,700
Median gross rent	—	$732
Housing units	292	335
Homeownership rate	82.4%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bay	Republic
Population	189 → 307 (+62.4%)	520 → 530 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $48,672 (-20.5%)	$26,625 → $41,136 (+54.5%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $261,400 (+57.6%)	$44,100 → $60,700 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$605 → $732 (+21.0%)

Big Bay

Population

189307

Median household income

$61,250$48,672

Median home value

$165,900$261,400

Republic

Population

520530

Median household income

$26,625$41,136

Median home value

$44,100$60,700

Median gross rent

$605$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bay	Republic
Under 5	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	4.9%	4.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	28.1%
65 to 74	21.8%	10.2%
75 and over	11.4%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bay	Republic
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	98.1%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bay	Republic
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bay	Republic
Drove alone	62.2%	86.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	37.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bay	Republic
1-unit, detached	93.8%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Bay	Republic
Poverty rate	22.0%	22.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1967	1957