Negaunee vs West Ishpeming

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

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

Negaunee has the higher population (4,641 vs 2,714 in West Ishpeming). West Ishpeming has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $70,483 in Negaunee). West Ishpeming has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $156,400 in Negaunee).

Population, income & housing

	Negaunee	West Ishpeming
Population	4,641	2,714
Median age	36.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,483	$80,500
Median home value	$156,400	$166,100
Median gross rent	$853	$1,048
Housing units	2,067	1,123
Homeownership rate	78.2%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Negaunee	West Ishpeming
Population	4,547 → 4,641 (+2.1%)	2,739 → 2,714 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$52,399 → $70,483 (+34.5%)	$60,921 → $80,500 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $156,400 (+34.0%)	$122,500 → $166,100 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $853 (+33.5%)	$721 → $1,048 (+45.4%)

Negaunee

Population

4,5474,641

Median household income

$52,399$70,483

Median home value

$116,700$156,400

Median gross rent

$639$853

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)

	Negaunee	West Ishpeming
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.6%
75 and over	8.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Negaunee	West Ishpeming
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Negaunee	West Ishpeming
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	32.5%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Negaunee	West Ishpeming
Drove alone	74.5%	83.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	3.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Negaunee	West Ishpeming
1-unit, detached	86.6%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Negaunee	West Ishpeming
Poverty rate	11.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1952	1971