Ishpeming vs Marquette

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

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

Marquette has the higher population (20,691 vs 6,173 in Ishpeming). Marquette has the higher median household income ($55,825 vs $52,717 in Ishpeming). Marquette has the higher median home value ($254,100 vs $109,200 in Ishpeming).

Population, income & housing

	Ishpeming	Marquette
Population	6,173	20,691
Median age	35.5 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,717	$55,825
Median home value	$109,200	$254,100
Median gross rent	$688	$958
Housing units	2,857	9,344
Homeownership rate	71.0%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ishpeming	Marquette
Population	6,464 → 6,173 (-4.5%)	20,822 → 20,691 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$46,299 → $52,717 (+13.9%)	$43,977 → $55,825 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $109,200 (+26.4%)	$187,300 → $254,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$512 → $688 (+34.4%)	$795 → $958 (+20.5%)

Ishpeming

Population

6,4646,173

Median household income

$46,299$52,717

Median home value

$86,400$109,200

Median gross rent

$512$688

Marquette

Population

20,82220,691

Median household income

$43,977$55,825

Median home value

$187,300$254,100

Median gross rent

$795$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ishpeming	Marquette
Under 5	7.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	6.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	29.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.4%
75 and over	7.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ishpeming	Marquette
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ishpeming	Marquette
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	31.0%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ishpeming	Marquette
Drove alone	73.6%	68.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	6.8%	10.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.9%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ishpeming	Marquette
1-unit, detached	67.9%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	14.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Ishpeming	Marquette
Poverty rate	17.5%	21.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	19	13
Median year structure built	1941	1969