Ontonagon vs White Pine

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

Ontonagon and White Pine 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 404 in White Pine). Ontonagon has the higher median household income ($46,806 vs $39,792 in White Pine). Ontonagon has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $59,700 in White Pine).

Population, income & housing

	Ontonagon	White Pine
Population	1,266	404
Median age	62.5 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,806	$39,792
Median home value	$92,100	$59,700
Median gross rent	$557	—
Housing units	905	351
Homeownership rate	71.4%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ontonagon	White Pine
Population	1,450 → 1,266 (-12.7%)	455 → 404 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$36,311 → $46,806 (+28.9%)	$40,375 → $39,792 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $92,100 (+44.6%)	$43,100 → $59,700 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $557 (+12.3%)	$575 → $615 (+7.0%)

Ontonagon

Population

1,4501,266

Median household income

$36,311$46,806

Median home value

$63,700$92,100

Median gross rent

$496$557

White Pine

Population

455404

Median household income

$40,375$39,792

Median home value

$43,100$59,700

Median gross rent

$575$615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ontonagon	White Pine
Under 5	1.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	4.4%	6.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	5.2%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	22.0%	23.0%
65 to 74	23.3%	18.3%
75 and over	21.4%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ontonagon	White Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ontonagon	White Pine
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	44.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ontonagon	White Pine
Drove alone	76.3%	74.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	9.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ontonagon	White Pine
1-unit, detached	78.8%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Ontonagon	White Pine
Poverty rate	11.8%	21.5%
Average household size	1.71	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1951	1962