Brown City vs Marlette

A side-by-side comparison of Brown City and Marlette: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marlette has the higher population (1,771 vs 1,211 in Brown City). Brown City has the higher median household income ($60,357 vs $44,375 in Marlette). Brown City has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $116,900 in Marlette).

Population, income & housing

	Brown City	Marlette
Population	1,211	1,771
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,357	$44,375
Median home value	$121,400	$116,900
Median gross rent	$805	$820
Housing units	520	853
Homeownership rate	69.1%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown City	Marlette
Population	1,201 → 1,211 (+0.8%)	2,030 → 1,771 (-12.8%)
Median household income	$39,438 → $60,357 (+53.0%)	$28,843 → $44,375 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $121,400 (+71.2%)	$73,000 → $116,900 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $805 (+22.9%)	$651 → $820 (+26.0%)

Brown City

Population

1,2011,211

Median household income

$39,438$60,357

Median home value

$70,900$121,400

Median gross rent

$655$805

Marlette

Population

2,0301,771

Median household income

$28,843$44,375

Median home value

$73,000$116,900

Median gross rent

$651$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown City	Marlette
Under 5	3.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	19.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.2%
75 and over	7.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown City	Marlette
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown City	Marlette
No high school diploma	9.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	51.3%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown City	Marlette
Drove alone	87.9%	74.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	14.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown City	Marlette
1-unit, detached	73.1%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Brown City	Marlette
Poverty rate	17.0%	17.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1959	1963