Menominee vs Powers

A side-by-side comparison of Menominee and Powers: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Menominee has the higher population (8,370 vs 370 in Powers). Menominee has the higher median household income ($49,646 vs $35,417 in Powers). Menominee has the higher median home value ($97,800 vs $92,900 in Powers).

Population, income & housing

	Menominee	Powers
Population	8,370	370
Median age	49.0 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,646	$35,417
Median home value	$97,800	$92,900
Median gross rent	$700	$439
Housing units	4,348	130
Homeownership rate	68.0%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menominee	Powers
Population	8,150 → 8,370 (+2.7%)	453 → 370 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$38,784 → $49,646 (+28.0%)	$37,614 → $35,417 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $97,800 (+26.0%)	$75,500 → $92,900 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $700 (+21.5%)	$495 → $439 (-11.3%)

Menominee

Population

8,1508,370

Median household income

$38,784$49,646

Median home value

$77,600$97,800

Median gross rent

$576$700

Powers

Population

453370

Median household income

$37,614$35,417

Median home value

$75,500$92,900

Median gross rent

$495$439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menominee	Powers
Under 5	2.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	9.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	1.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	19.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.5%
75 and over	9.9%	36.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menominee	Powers
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menominee	Powers
No high school diploma	8.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	41.8%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menominee	Powers
Drove alone	69.7%	62.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	32.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	5.1%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menominee	Powers
1-unit, detached	68.7%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	22.3%
20 or more units	7.8%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Menominee	Powers
Poverty rate	16.3%	18.5%
Average household size	2.14	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	13	24
Median year structure built	1954	1962