Marquette vs Negaunee

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

Marquette and Negaunee 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 4,641 in Negaunee). Negaunee has the higher median household income ($70,483 vs $55,825 in Marquette). Marquette has the higher median home value ($254,100 vs $156,400 in Negaunee).

Population, income & housing

	Marquette	Negaunee
Population	20,691	4,641
Median age	31.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,825	$70,483
Median home value	$254,100	$156,400
Median gross rent	$958	$853
Housing units	9,344	2,067
Homeownership rate	48.8%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marquette	Negaunee
Population	20,822 → 20,691 (-0.6%)	4,547 → 4,641 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$43,977 → $55,825 (+26.9%)	$52,399 → $70,483 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$187,300 → $254,100 (+35.7%)	$116,700 → $156,400 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $958 (+20.5%)	$639 → $853 (+33.5%)

Marquette

Population

20,82220,691

Median household income

$43,977$55,825

Median home value

$187,300$254,100

Median gross rent

$795$958

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)

	Marquette	Negaunee
Under 5	3.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	6.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	29.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.2%
75 and over	7.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marquette	Negaunee
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	91.9%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marquette	Negaunee
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	21.6%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marquette	Negaunee
Drove alone	68.9%	74.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	10.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marquette	Negaunee
1-unit, detached	50.5%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	13.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Marquette	Negaunee
Poverty rate	21.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.00	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1969	1952