Chesaning vs Zilwaukee

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

Chesaning and Zilwaukee 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 1,696 in Zilwaukee). Zilwaukee has the higher median household income ($57,449 vs $57,426 in Chesaning). Chesaning has the higher median home value ($123,900 vs $87,900 in Zilwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Chesaning	Zilwaukee
Population	2,411	1,696
Median age	44.3 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,426	$57,449
Median home value	$123,900	$87,900
Median gross rent	$679	$1,115
Housing units	1,072	778
Homeownership rate	68.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesaning	Zilwaukee
Population	2,339 → 2,411 (+3.1%)	1,668 → 1,696 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$44,009 → $57,426 (+30.5%)	$55,625 → $57,449 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $123,900 (+45.6%)	$72,900 → $87,900 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $679 (+6.6%)	$920 → $1,115 (+21.2%)

Chesaning

Population

2,3392,411

Median household income

$44,009$57,426

Median home value

$85,100$123,900

Median gross rent

$637$679

Zilwaukee

Population

1,6681,696

Median household income

$55,625$57,449

Median home value

$72,900$87,900

Median gross rent

$920$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesaning	Zilwaukee
Under 5	4.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	9.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	18.9%
65 to 74	15.7%	9.7%
75 and over	9.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesaning	Zilwaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesaning	Zilwaukee
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	37.1%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesaning	Zilwaukee
Drove alone	78.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.7%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesaning	Zilwaukee
1-unit, detached	73.3%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Chesaning	Zilwaukee
Poverty rate	15.0%	13.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1958	1960