Alcona County vs Mackinac County

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

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

Mackinac County has the higher population (10,865 vs 10,310 in Alcona County). Mackinac County has the higher median household income ($58,598 vs $53,568 in Alcona County). Mackinac County has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $157,500 in Alcona County).

Population, income & housing

	Alcona County	Mackinac County
Population	10,310	10,865
Median age	59.7 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,568	$58,598
Median home value	$157,500	$165,600
Median gross rent	$790	$761
Housing units	10,353	10,575
Homeownership rate	89.6%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcona County	Mackinac County
Population	10,353 → 10,310 (-0.4%)	10,780 → 10,865 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$40,484 → $53,568 (+32.3%)	$47,938 → $58,598 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$112,000 → $157,500 (+40.6%)	$136,600 → $165,600 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $790 (+26.0%)	$602 → $761 (+26.4%)

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

Mackinac County

Population

10,78010,865

Median household income

$47,938$58,598

Median home value

$136,600$165,600

Median gross rent

$602$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcona County	Mackinac County
Under 5	3.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	9.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	20.3%	17.6%
65 to 74	20.7%	17.6%
75 and over	15.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcona County	Mackinac County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	14.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcona County	Mackinac County
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcona County	Mackinac County
Drove alone	75.7%	66.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	7.6%
Walked	3.3%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	8.9%	9.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcona County	Mackinac County
1-unit, detached	89.0%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Alcona County	Mackinac County
Poverty rate	14.3%	16.9%
Average household size	1.99	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1974	1975