Chesaning vs Frankenmuth

A side-by-side comparison of Chesaning and Frankenmuth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Frankenmuth has the higher population (5,108 vs 2,411 in Chesaning). Frankenmuth has the higher median household income ($84,583 vs $57,426 in Chesaning). Frankenmuth has the higher median home value ($277,600 vs $123,900 in Chesaning).

Population, income & housing

	Chesaning	Frankenmuth
Population	2,411	5,108
Median age	44.3 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,426	$84,583
Median home value	$123,900	$277,600
Median gross rent	$679	$814
Housing units	1,072	2,661
Homeownership rate	68.4%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesaning	Frankenmuth
Population	2,339 → 2,411 (+3.1%)	5,274 → 5,108 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$44,009 → $57,426 (+30.5%)	$62,427 → $84,583 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $123,900 (+45.6%)	$190,700 → $277,600 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $679 (+6.6%)	$672 → $814 (+21.1%)

Chesaning

Population

2,3392,411

Median household income

$44,009$57,426

Median home value

$85,100$123,900

Median gross rent

$637$679

Frankenmuth

Population

5,2745,108

Median household income

$62,427$84,583

Median home value

$190,700$277,600

Median gross rent

$672$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesaning	Frankenmuth
Under 5	4.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	15.7%	14.0%
75 and over	9.9%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesaning	Frankenmuth
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesaning	Frankenmuth
No high school diploma	10.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	37.1%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesaning	Frankenmuth
Drove alone	78.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.0%	12.2%
Other means	4.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesaning	Frankenmuth
1-unit, detached	73.3%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	9.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesaning	Frankenmuth
Poverty rate	15.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1958	1976