Chesaning vs Shields

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

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

Shields has the higher population (7,276 vs 2,411 in Chesaning). Shields has the higher median household income ($83,986 vs $57,426 in Chesaning). Shields has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $123,900 in Chesaning).

Population, income & housing

	Chesaning	Shields
Population	2,411	7,276
Median age	44.3 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,426	$83,986
Median home value	$123,900	$173,300
Median gross rent	$679	$937
Housing units	1,072	3,211
Homeownership rate	68.4%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesaning	Shields
Population	2,339 → 2,411 (+3.1%)	5,945 → 7,276 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$44,009 → $57,426 (+30.5%)	$61,250 → $83,986 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $123,900 (+45.6%)	$125,200 → $173,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $679 (+6.6%)	$770 → $937 (+21.7%)

Chesaning

Population

2,3392,411

Median household income

$44,009$57,426

Median home value

$85,100$123,900

Median gross rent

$637$679

Shields

Population

5,9457,276

Median household income

$61,250$83,986

Median home value

$125,200$173,300

Median gross rent

$770$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesaning	Shields
Under 5	4.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	5.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	15.7%	16.2%
75 and over	9.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesaning	Shields
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesaning	Shields
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	37.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesaning	Shields
Drove alone	78.1%	86.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.9%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesaning	Shields
1-unit, detached	73.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	10.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Chesaning	Shields
Poverty rate	15.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1958	1976