Alcona County vs Alger County

A side-by-side comparison of Alcona County and Alger County: population, income, housing, and more.

Alcona County and Alger County are counties in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alcona County has the higher population (10,310 vs 8,813 in Alger County). Alger County has the higher median household income ($59,406 vs $53,568 in Alcona County). Alger County has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $157,500 in Alcona County).

Population, income & housing

	Alcona County	Alger County
Population	10,310	8,813
Median age	59.7 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,568	$59,406
Median home value	$157,500	$165,700
Median gross rent	$790	$712
Housing units	10,353	6,205
Homeownership rate	89.6%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcona County	Alger County
Population	10,353 → 10,310 (-0.4%)	9,151 → 8,813 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$40,484 → $53,568 (+32.3%)	$45,570 → $59,406 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$112,000 → $157,500 (+40.6%)	$136,200 → $165,700 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $790 (+26.0%)	$650 → $712 (+9.5%)

Alcona County

Population

10,35310,310

Median household income

$40,484$53,568

Median home value

$112,000$157,500

Median gross rent

$627$790

Alger County

Population

9,1518,813

Median household income

$45,570$59,406

Median home value

$136,200$165,700

Median gross rent

$650$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcona County	Alger County
Under 5	3.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	20.7%	16.8%
75 and over	15.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcona County	Alger County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.7%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcona County	Alger County
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	37.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcona County	Alger County
Drove alone	75.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.9%	8.6%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcona County	Alger County
1-unit, detached	89.0%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Alcona County	Alger County
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1974	1973