Ida vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Ida and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Petersburg has the higher population (1,261 vs 661 in Ida). Ida has the higher median household income ($122,885 vs $76,071 in Petersburg). Ida has the higher median home value ($209,700 vs $197,100 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ida	Petersburg
Population	661	1,261
Median age	34.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$122,885	$76,071
Median home value	$209,700	$197,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,019
Housing units	244	483
Homeownership rate	91.4%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ida	Petersburg
Population	635 → 661 (+4.1%)	1,200 → 1,261 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$82,935 → $122,885 (+48.2%)	$58,147 → $76,071 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$124,200 → $209,700 (+68.8%)	$129,900 → $197,100 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$752 → $1,019 (+35.5%)

Ida

Population

635661

Median household income

$82,935$122,885

Median home value

$124,200$209,700

Petersburg

Population

1,2001,261

Median household income

$58,147$76,071

Median home value

$129,900$197,100

Median gross rent

$752$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ida	Petersburg
Under 5	7.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	23.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	6.8%	17.9%
65 to 74	4.5%	6.3%
75 and over	12.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ida	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ida	Petersburg
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	39.8%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ida	Petersburg
Drove alone	93.4%	77.7%
Carpooled	2.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ida	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	96.7%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ida	Petersburg
Poverty rate	8.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1959	1952