Lake Gogebic vs Mass City

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Gogebic and Mass City: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Gogebic and Mass City are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mass City has the higher population (202 vs 113 in Lake Gogebic). Mass City has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $36,711 in Lake Gogebic). Since 2019, Mass City's population has grown faster (+18.8% vs -12.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Gogebic	Mass City
Population	113	202
Median age	50.6 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,711	$65,000
Median home value	—	$56,800
Housing units	112	182
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Gogebic	Mass City
Population	129 → 113 (-12.4%)	170 → 202 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$29,113 → $36,711 (+26.1%)	$44,375 → $65,000 (+46.5%)
Median home value	—	$44,200 → $56,800 (+28.5%)

Lake Gogebic

Population

129113

Median household income

$29,113$36,711

Mass City

Population

170202

Median household income

$44,375$65,000

Median home value

$44,200$56,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Gogebic	Mass City
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	7.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	38.1%	2.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	21.8%
55 to 64	34.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	6.2%	18.8%
75 and over	4.4%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Gogebic	Mass City
White (non-Hispanic)	40.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	54.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Gogebic	Mass City
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	48.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Gogebic	Mass City
Drove alone	61.1%	66.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	28.9%
Other means	16.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Gogebic	Mass City
1-unit, detached	98.2%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Gogebic	Mass City
Poverty rate	15.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.35	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1955	1938