Michigan City vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Michigan City and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Michigan City has the higher population (278 vs 129 in Petersburg). Michigan City has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $64,167 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $89,000 in Michigan City).

Population, income & housing

	Michigan City	Petersburg
Population	278	129
Median age	45.5 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,500	$64,167
Median home value	$89,000	$98,800
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,042
Housing units	143	89
Homeownership rate	71.1%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Michigan City	Petersburg
Population	185 → 278 (+50.3%)	171 → 129 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $80,500 (+40.0%)	$55,000 → $64,167 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $89,000 (+22.8%)	$85,000 → $98,800 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $1,044 (+113.9%)	$717 → $1,042 (+45.3%)

Michigan City

Population

185278

Median household income

$57,500$80,500

Median home value

$72,500$89,000

Median gross rent

$488$1,044

Petersburg

Population

171129

Median household income

$55,000$64,167

Median home value

$85,000$98,800

Median gross rent

$717$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Michigan City	Petersburg
Under 5	0.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	27.9%
18 to 24	1.8%	0.8%
25 to 34	18.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	5.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	2.3%
55 to 64	28.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	28.7%
75 and over	5.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Michigan City	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	3.6%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Michigan City	Petersburg
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	25.0%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Michigan City	Petersburg
Drove alone	86.0%	88.4%
Carpooled	10.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Michigan City	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	80.4%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Michigan City	Petersburg
Poverty rate	3.2%	3.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1953	1958