Bruce Crossing vs Ontonagon

A side-by-side comparison of Bruce Crossing and Ontonagon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ontonagon has the higher population (1,266 vs 266 in Bruce Crossing). Bruce Crossing has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $46,806 in Ontonagon). Bruce Crossing has the higher median home value ($105,100 vs $92,100 in Ontonagon).

Population, income & housing

	Bruce Crossing	Ontonagon
Population	266	1,266
Median age	64.1 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	$46,806
Median home value	$105,100	$92,100
Median gross rent	—	$557
Housing units	129	905
Homeownership rate	87.9%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruce Crossing	Ontonagon
Population	347 → 266 (-23.3%)	1,450 → 1,266 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$52,813 → $70,417 (+33.3%)	$36,311 → $46,806 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$105,000 → $105,100 (+0.1%)	$63,700 → $92,100 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $571 (+11.7%)	$496 → $557 (+12.3%)

Bruce Crossing

Population

347266

Median household income

$52,813$70,417

Median home value

$105,000$105,100

Median gross rent

$511$571

Ontonagon

Population

1,4501,266

Median household income

$36,311$46,806

Median home value

$63,700$92,100

Median gross rent

$496$557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bruce Crossing	Ontonagon
Under 5	2.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	4.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	4.5%	6.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	22.0%
65 to 74	4.5%	23.3%
75 and over	39.1%	21.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruce Crossing	Ontonagon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruce Crossing	Ontonagon
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	70.0%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	11.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruce Crossing	Ontonagon
Drove alone	73.6%	76.3%
Carpooled	20.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.3%
Other means	5.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruce Crossing	Ontonagon
1-unit, detached	89.1%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bruce Crossing	Ontonagon
Poverty rate	6.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.19	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	39	19
Median year structure built	1980	1951