Chesaning vs Hemlock

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

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

Chesaning has the higher population (2,411 vs 1,323 in Hemlock). Hemlock has the higher median household income ($92,031 vs $57,426 in Chesaning). Hemlock has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $123,900 in Chesaning).

Population, income & housing

	Chesaning	Hemlock
Population	2,411	1,323
Median age	44.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,426	$92,031
Median home value	$123,900	$170,500
Median gross rent	$679	$879
Housing units	1,072	515
Homeownership rate	68.4%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesaning	Hemlock
Population	2,339 → 2,411 (+3.1%)	1,261 → 1,323 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$44,009 → $57,426 (+30.5%)	$52,457 → $92,031 (+75.4%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $123,900 (+45.6%)	$90,100 → $170,500 (+89.2%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $679 (+6.6%)	$701 → $879 (+25.4%)

Chesaning

Population

2,3392,411

Median household income

$44,009$57,426

Median home value

$85,100$123,900

Median gross rent

$637$679

Hemlock

Population

1,2611,323

Median household income

$52,457$92,031

Median home value

$90,100$170,500

Median gross rent

$701$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesaning	Hemlock
Under 5	4.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	18.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	15.7%	6.8%
75 and over	9.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesaning	Hemlock
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.2%
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%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesaning	Hemlock
No high school diploma	10.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesaning	Hemlock
Drove alone	78.1%	87.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.4%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesaning	Hemlock
1-unit, detached	73.3%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	3.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesaning	Hemlock
Poverty rate	15.0%	4.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1958	1969