Emmett vs Marine City

A side-by-side comparison of Emmett and Marine City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marine City has the higher population (4,047 vs 213 in Emmett). Emmett has the higher median household income ($117,539 vs $63,156 in Marine City). Marine City has the higher median home value ($146,500 vs $124,000 in Emmett).

Population, income & housing

	Emmett	Marine City
Population	213	4,047
Median age	31.1 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$117,539	$63,156
Median home value	$124,000	$146,500
Median gross rent	$863	$872
Housing units	98	2,266
Homeownership rate	91.8%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmett	Marine City
Population	227 → 213 (-6.2%)	4,102 → 4,047 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $117,539 (+145.8%)	$50,236 → $63,156 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $124,000 (+2.2%)	$122,300 → $146,500 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $863 (+38.1%)	$803 → $872 (+8.6%)

Emmett

Population

227213

Median household income

$47,813$117,539

Median home value

$121,300$124,000

Median gross rent

$625$863

Marine City

Population

4,1024,047

Median household income

$50,236$63,156

Median home value

$122,300$146,500

Median gross rent

$803$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmett	Marine City
Under 5	6.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	6.1%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	40.4%	7.0%
35 to 44	3.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	4.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	23.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	19.6%
75 and over	1.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmett	Marine City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmett	Marine City
No high school diploma	16.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	19.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	54.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmett	Marine City
Drove alone	96.2%	78.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmett	Marine City
1-unit, detached	95.9%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emmett	Marine City
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1938	1949