Onaway vs Rogers City

A side-by-side comparison of Onaway and Rogers City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rogers City has the higher population (2,873 vs 701 in Onaway). Rogers City has the higher median household income ($47,601 vs $40,159 in Onaway). Rogers City has the higher median home value ($93,500 vs $59,100 in Onaway).

Population, income & housing

	Onaway	Rogers City
Population	701	2,873
Median age	51.8 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,159	$47,601
Median home value	$59,100	$93,500
Median gross rent	$600	$620
Housing units	476	1,617
Homeownership rate	65.8%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onaway	Rogers City
Population	807 → 701 (-13.1%)	2,685 → 2,873 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$28,813 → $40,159 (+39.4%)	$42,054 → $47,601 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$42,600 → $59,100 (+38.7%)	$73,000 → $93,500 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $600 (+14.3%)	$510 → $620 (+21.6%)

Onaway

Population

807701

Median household income

$28,813$40,159

Median home value

$42,600$59,100

Median gross rent

$525$600

Rogers City

Population

2,6852,873

Median household income

$42,054$47,601

Median home value

$73,000$93,500

Median gross rent

$510$620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onaway	Rogers City
Under 5	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	6.6%	11.2%
18 to 24	14.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	19.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	18.3%
75 and over	14.0%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onaway	Rogers City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onaway	Rogers City
No high school diploma	17.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	35.1%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onaway	Rogers City
Drove alone	78.0%	83.1%
Carpooled	15.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	6.3%
Other means	0.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onaway	Rogers City
1-unit, detached	79.0%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Onaway	Rogers City
Poverty rate	21.7%	12.7%
Average household size	1.74	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1947	1954