Onaway vs Presque Isle Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Onaway and Presque Isle Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

Onaway and Presque Isle Harbor are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Presque Isle Harbor has the higher population (722 vs 701 in Onaway). Presque Isle Harbor has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $40,159 in Onaway). Presque Isle Harbor has the higher median home value ($252,700 vs $59,100 in Onaway).

Population, income & housing

	Onaway	Presque Isle Harbor
Population	701	722
Median age	51.8 yrs	65.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,159	$101,250
Median home value	$59,100	$252,700
Median gross rent	$600	—
Housing units	476	655
Homeownership rate	65.8%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onaway	Presque Isle Harbor
Population	807 → 701 (-13.1%)	579 → 722 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$28,813 → $40,159 (+39.4%)	$72,917 → $101,250 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$42,600 → $59,100 (+38.7%)	$227,100 → $252,700 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $600 (+14.3%)	—

Onaway

Population

807701

Median household income

$28,813$40,159

Median home value

$42,600$59,100

Median gross rent

$525$600

Presque Isle Harbor

Population

579722

Median household income

$72,917$101,250

Median home value

$227,100$252,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onaway	Presque Isle Harbor
Under 5	4.9%	0.4%
5 to 17	6.6%	1.5%
18 to 24	14.1%	3.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	5.8%	2.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	5.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	29.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	40.3%
75 and over	14.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onaway	Presque Isle Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onaway	Presque Isle Harbor
No high school diploma	17.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	21.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onaway	Presque Isle Harbor
Drove alone	78.0%	50.5%
Carpooled	15.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	45.8%
Other means	0.8%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onaway	Presque Isle Harbor
1-unit, detached	79.0%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Onaway	Presque Isle Harbor
Poverty rate	21.7%	4.2%
Average household size	1.74	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1947	1997