Antrim County vs Leelanau County

A side-by-side comparison of Antrim County and Leelanau County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Antrim County has the higher population (23,876 vs 22,607 in Leelanau County). Leelanau County has the higher median household income ($91,943 vs $71,421 in Antrim County). Leelanau County has the higher median home value ($406,900 vs $222,500 in Antrim County).

Population, income & housing

	Antrim County	Leelanau County
Population	23,876	22,607
Median age	51.8 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,421	$91,943
Median home value	$222,500	$406,900
Median gross rent	$920	$1,223
Housing units	17,613	15,630
Homeownership rate	87.0%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antrim County	Leelanau County
Population	23,206 → 23,876 (+2.9%)	21,652 → 22,607 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$56,165 → $71,421 (+27.2%)	$65,249 → $91,943 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$160,500 → $222,500 (+38.6%)	$268,400 → $406,900 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $920 (+22.3%)	$959 → $1,223 (+27.5%)

Antrim County

Population

23,20623,876

Median household income

$56,165$71,421

Median home value

$160,500$222,500

Median gross rent

$752$920

Leelanau County

Population

21,65222,607

Median household income

$65,249$91,943

Median home value

$268,400$406,900

Median gross rent

$959$1,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antrim County	Leelanau County
Under 5	4.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.2%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	17.0%	20.2%
75 and over	11.3%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antrim County	Leelanau County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	2.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antrim County	Leelanau County
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antrim County	Leelanau County
Drove alone	74.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.3%	15.1%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antrim County	Leelanau County
1-unit, detached	83.8%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Antrim County	Leelanau County
Poverty rate	9.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1979	1987