Marquette vs West Ishpeming

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

Marquette and West Ishpeming 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 2,714 in West Ishpeming). West Ishpeming has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $55,825 in Marquette). Marquette has the higher median home value ($254,100 vs $166,100 in West Ishpeming).

Population, income & housing

	Marquette	West Ishpeming
Population	20,691	2,714
Median age	31.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,825	$80,500
Median home value	$254,100	$166,100
Median gross rent	$958	$1,048
Housing units	9,344	1,123
Homeownership rate	48.8%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marquette	West Ishpeming
Population	20,822 → 20,691 (-0.6%)	2,739 → 2,714 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$43,977 → $55,825 (+26.9%)	$60,921 → $80,500 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$187,300 → $254,100 (+35.7%)	$122,500 → $166,100 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $958 (+20.5%)	$721 → $1,048 (+45.4%)

Marquette

Population

20,82220,691

Median household income

$43,977$55,825

Median home value

$187,300$254,100

Median gross rent

$795$958

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)

	Marquette	West Ishpeming
Under 5	3.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	29.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.6%
75 and over	7.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marquette	West Ishpeming
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	91.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.4%
Asian	0.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marquette	West Ishpeming
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	21.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marquette	West Ishpeming
Drove alone	68.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.9%
Walked	10.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marquette	West Ishpeming
1-unit, detached	50.5%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	13.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Marquette	West Ishpeming
Poverty rate	21.8%	5.6%
Average household size	2.00	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	13	22
Median year structure built	1969	1971