Gwinn vs West Ishpeming

A side-by-side comparison of Gwinn and West Ishpeming: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Ishpeming has the higher population (2,714 vs 1,268 in Gwinn). West Ishpeming has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $52,609 in Gwinn). West Ishpeming has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $94,000 in Gwinn).

Population, income & housing

	Gwinn	West Ishpeming
Population	1,268	2,714
Median age	32.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,609	$80,500
Median home value	$94,000	$166,100
Median gross rent	$684	$1,048
Housing units	662	1,123
Homeownership rate	67.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gwinn	West Ishpeming
Population	2,033 → 1,268 (-37.6%)	2,739 → 2,714 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$60,133 → $52,609 (-12.5%)	$60,921 → $80,500 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $94,000 (+12.3%)	$122,500 → $166,100 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$469 → $684 (+45.8%)	$721 → $1,048 (+45.4%)

Gwinn

Population

2,0331,268

Median household income

$60,133$52,609

Median home value

$83,700$94,000

Median gross rent

$469$684

West Ishpeming

Population

2,7392,714

Median household income

$60,921$80,500

Median home value

$122,500$166,100

Median gross rent

$721$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gwinn	West Ishpeming
Under 5	7.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	16.8%	11.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	6.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	3.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	12.6%
75 and over	9.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gwinn	West Ishpeming
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.4%
Asian	2.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gwinn	West Ishpeming
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.4%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gwinn	West Ishpeming
Drove alone	72.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	20.6%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gwinn	West Ishpeming
1-unit, detached	42.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	27.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Gwinn	West Ishpeming
Poverty rate	12.9%	5.6%
Average household size	2.08	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1971	1971