Ishpeming vs Negaunee

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

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

Ishpeming has the higher population (6,173 vs 4,641 in Negaunee). Negaunee has the higher median household income ($70,483 vs $52,717 in Ishpeming). Negaunee has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $109,200 in Ishpeming).

Population, income & housing

	Ishpeming	Negaunee
Population	6,173	4,641
Median age	35.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,717	$70,483
Median home value	$109,200	$156,400
Median gross rent	$688	$853
Housing units	2,857	2,067
Homeownership rate	71.0%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ishpeming	Negaunee
Population	6,464 → 6,173 (-4.5%)	4,547 → 4,641 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$46,299 → $52,717 (+13.9%)	$52,399 → $70,483 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $109,200 (+26.4%)	$116,700 → $156,400 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$512 → $688 (+34.4%)	$639 → $853 (+33.5%)

Ishpeming

Population

6,4646,173

Median household income

$46,299$52,717

Median home value

$86,400$109,200

Median gross rent

$512$688

Negaunee

Population

4,5474,641

Median household income

$52,399$70,483

Median home value

$116,700$156,400

Median gross rent

$639$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ishpeming	Negaunee
Under 5	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.2%
75 and over	7.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ishpeming	Negaunee
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ishpeming	Negaunee
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	31.0%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ishpeming	Negaunee
Drove alone	73.6%	74.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	6.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	12.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ishpeming	Negaunee
1-unit, detached	67.9%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	7.4%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Ishpeming	Negaunee
Poverty rate	17.5%	11.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1941	1952