Mass City vs Ontonagon

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

Mass City 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 202 in Mass City). Mass City has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $46,806 in Ontonagon). Ontonagon has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $56,800 in Mass City).

Population, income & housing

	Mass City	Ontonagon
Population	202	1,266
Median age	52.0 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$46,806
Median home value	$56,800	$92,100
Median gross rent	—	$557
Housing units	182	905
Homeownership rate	81.4%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mass City	Ontonagon
Population	170 → 202 (+18.8%)	1,450 → 1,266 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $65,000 (+46.5%)	$36,311 → $46,806 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$44,200 → $56,800 (+28.5%)	$63,700 → $92,100 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$496 → $557 (+12.3%)

Mass City

Population

170202

Median household income

$44,375$65,000

Median home value

$44,200$56,800

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)

	Mass City	Ontonagon
Under 5	2.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	4.4%
18 to 24	2.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	21.8%	6.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	22.0%
65 to 74	18.8%	23.3%
75 and over	11.9%	21.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mass City	Ontonagon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mass City	Ontonagon
No high school diploma	1.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	34.5%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mass City	Ontonagon
Drove alone	66.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	28.9%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mass City	Ontonagon
1-unit, detached	98.9%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Mass City	Ontonagon
Poverty rate	5.0%	11.8%
Average household size	1.98	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1938	1951