Ontonagon vs Rockland

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

Ontonagon and Rockland 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 250 in Rockland). Ontonagon has the higher median household income ($46,806 vs $45,156 in Rockland). Ontonagon has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $58,300 in Rockland).

Population, income & housing

	Ontonagon	Rockland
Population	1,266	250
Median age	62.5 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,806	$45,156
Median home value	$92,100	$58,300
Median gross rent	$557	—
Housing units	905	153
Homeownership rate	71.4%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ontonagon	Rockland
Population	1,450 → 1,266 (-12.7%)	207 → 250 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$36,311 → $46,806 (+28.9%)	$31,719 → $45,156 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $92,100 (+44.6%)	$44,500 → $58,300 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $557 (+12.3%)	—

Ontonagon

Population

1,4501,266

Median household income

$36,311$46,806

Median home value

$63,700$92,100

Median gross rent

$496$557

Rockland

Population

207250

Median household income

$31,719$45,156

Median home value

$44,500$58,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ontonagon	Rockland
Under 5	1.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	4.4%	26.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	7.3%	4.4%
35 to 44	7.7%	3.6%
45 to 54	6.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	22.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	23.3%	15.2%
75 and over	21.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ontonagon	Rockland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ontonagon	Rockland
No high school diploma	6.3%	14.1%
High school graduate	44.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ontonagon	Rockland
Drove alone	76.3%	64.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	20.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ontonagon	Rockland
1-unit, detached	78.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Ontonagon	Rockland
Poverty rate	11.8%	36.4%
Average household size	1.71	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1951	1938